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UNIFORM ADOPTION ACT (1994)

PURPOSE:
To establish procedures for all phases of the adoption process, including consent to a direct placement of a child by a birth parent to an adoptive parent or relinquishment of a child to an agency for adoption, pre-placement evaluation of adoptive parents, the legal and physical transfer of a child, termination of parental rights, and preservation of confidentiality as well as access to records. The act governs both private placement and agency adoption.

ORIGIN:
Completed by the Uniform Law Commissioners in 1994.

ENDORSED BY:
American Bar Association
American Academy of Adoption Attorney