ACT 101 of 2010 (effective 4/25/2011):
ADOPTION FORMS:
PETITION TO REGISTER FOREIGN DECREE PURSUANT TO 23 PA.C.S. § 2908 (PA.O.C. RULE 15.8)
[Note: Petitioner(s) must review and complete all the following forms]
- Filing Instructions
- Petition to Register Foreign Adoption Decree
- Final Decree Denied
- Final Decree Granted
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01273F (Certificate of Adoption of a Foreign-Born Child)
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01275F (Statement of Citizenship and Residency)
- Pennsylvania O.C. Rule 15.9
- Preliminary Decree
- Final Decree
- Petition for Adoption of a Foreign Born Child
- Report of the Intermediary
- Verification of Translator
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01273F (Certificate of Adoption of a Foreign-Born Child)
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01275F (Statement of Citizenship and Residency)
- United States Government Form N-560 (Certificate of Citizenship)
D. FOREIGN ADOPTION OF A FOREIGN BORN CHILD 23 PA.C.S. § 2908E (PA.O.C. RULE 15.9)
[Note: See Pa.O.C. Rule 15.9 about what documents must be filed, and in what order]