Best Adoption Lawyers
The best adoption lawyers in the United States,
according to peers surveyed and online voting, are listed in The
Best Lawyers Network.
Adoption law is primarily governed by state law.
However, the parent-child relationship established by adoption may
have direct consequences in areas of Federal law, such as Social
Security, which are dictated by family status. All 50 states have
statutes governing adoption. You can link to the pertinent State
adoption laws below. Adoption is the process by which a legal parent-child
relationship is created between individuals not biologically parent
and child.
- Alabama
- Title 26, Chapter 10
- Alaska
- Chapter 23, §§ 5 thru 240
- Arizona
- Title 8, §§ 8-101 thru 8-173
- Arkansas
- Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 9
- California
- Family Code, §§ 7660-9300
- Colorado - Title 19, Article 5, Part 2
- Connecticut
- HB 5349, 5843, 5966, 6607, 7035, 70076, SB 1274. See also, Chapter
803, Sections 45a-706 to 45a-770
- Delaware
- Title 13, Chapter 9
- Florida
- Title VI, Chapter 63
- Georgia
- §§ 19-1-1 thru 19-15-7
- Hawaii
- Chapter 578
- Idaho
- §§ 16-1501 thru 16-1515
- Illinois
- Chapter 750, Act 50
- Indiana
- Title 31, Article 19
- Iowa
- Chapter 600
- Kansas
- Chapter 59, Article 21
- Kentucky
- Title XVII, Chapter 199
- Louisiana
- Children's Code, Title XII
- Maine
- Title 19, Chapter 21
- Maryland
- Family Law, §§ 5-301 thru 5-4B-12
- Massachusetts
- Chapter 210, §§ 1 thru 14
- Michigan
- Chapter 722, §§722.951 thru 722.960 (Act 203 of 1994)
- Minnesota
- Chapter 259
- Mississippi
- Title 93, Chapter 17
- Missouri
- Chapter 453
- Montana
- Title 42
- Nebraska
- Chapter 43
- Nevada
- Chapter 127
- New
Hampshire - Chapter 461 (Repealed), Other: Title 10, Chapter
126D
- New
Jersey - Title 9
- New
Mexico - Chapter 40, Articles 7A, 7B, 14
- New
York - Chapter 14, Article 7
- North Carolina - Chapter 48
- North
Dakota - Chapter 14-11 (Repealed), New Statute: Chapter 14-15
- Ohio
- Title 31, Chapter 3107
- Oklahoma
- Chapter10, §§ 7001 thru 7501
- Oregon
- Chapter 109, (Title 11)
- Pennsylvania
- Title 23, Part 2
- Rhode
Island - Chapter 15-7
- South Carolina - Title 20, Chapter 7, Article11, Subarticle
7
- South
Dakota - Title 25, Chapter 6
- Tennessee
- Title 36, Chapter 1
- Texas
- Family Code, Title 5, Chapter 162
- Utah
- Title 78, Chapter 30
- Vermont
- Title 15, Chapter 9
- Virginia - Title 63.1, Chapter 11
- Washington
- Title 26, Chapter 33
- West Virginia - Chapter 48, Article 4
- Wisconsin
- Chapter 48.43 thru 48.835 (with regards to adoption after termination
of parental rights)
- Wyoming
- Title 1, Chapter 22
- District
of Columbia - Division 2, Title 16, Chapter 3
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