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Rule 15. Adoptions*
*See the Adoption Act of 1970, P.L. 620, 1 P.S. § 101 et
seq. [Repealed; see, now 23 Pa.C.S. § 2101 et seq.] As
to adoption jurisdiction in the Orphans' Court Division in all
counties other than Philadelphia, see §§ 711(7) and
713, PEF Code, 20 Pa.C.S. §§ 711(7) and 713.
All reports and petitions relating to adoption shall be filed with
the Clerk and shall be in such form as is designated from time to
time by the Court. All filing fees shall be paid at the time of
filing. Upon the completion of any proceedings relative to
adoption, all documents in connection therewith shall be handled
in the manner set forth in Pa.O.C.
Rule 15.7.
[Effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin. 25 Pa.B. 2048 (5/27/95).]
In every proceeding brought to terminate any parental rights as to
a child born in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, petitioner shall
obtain and provide to the Court at the time of the hearing thereon
official certificates obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of
Welfare (formerly obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of
Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics) identifying any paternity
acknowledgements or paternity claims on file with the Department
in accordance with 23 Pa.C.S. § 5103(b) as to each such
child as to whom termination of parental rights is sought.
[Effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin. 25 Pa.B. 2048 (5/27/95).]
Notice of an adoption hearing or of any hearing to confirm a
consent to adoption shall be given to any parent of the child in
question whose parental rights have not already been terminated.
[Effective 30 days after publication in the Pennsylvania
Bulletin. 25 Pa.B. 2048 (5/27/95).]
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