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2012 SESSION
HB 285 Foreign adoption; procedure to obtain State certificate of birth.
Introduced by: Salvatore R. Iaquinto | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Foreign adoption; procedure to obtain Virginia certificate of birth. Provides that in certain foreign adoptions, adoptive parents seeking to obtain a Virginia certificate of birth for the adopted child may provide either certified or notarized copies of the final order of adoption entered by the foreign court and a certified translation or a notarized copy of a certified translation of the final order of adoption in cases in which the original order is not in English. Under current law, the documents must be certified. The bill also provides that an affidavit indicating that the parents have received supervision from a licensed or approved child-placing agency in the United States and have satisfied all post-adoption requirements as required by the foreign country from which the child was adopted shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirement that parents receive supervision from a licensed or approved child-placing agency prior to receiving a Virginia certificate of birth for a child adopted from a foreign country. The bill also clarifies that only adoptive parents who are residents of the Commonwealth at the time of the adoption may obtain a Virginia birth certificate via this procedure.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Foreign adoption; procedure to obtain Virginia certificate of birth. Provides that in certain foreign adoptions, adoptive parents seeking to obtain a Virginia certificate of birth for the adopted child may provide either certified or notarized copies of the final order of adoption entered by the foreign court and translation of the final order of adoption in cases in which the original order is not in English. Under current law, the documents must be certified. The bill also provides an affidavit indicating that the parents have received supervision from a licensed or approved child-placing agency in the United States and have satisfied any post-adoption requirements as required by the foreign country from which the child was adopted shall be sufficient to satisfy the requirement that parents receive supervision from a licensed or approved child-placing agency prior to receiving a Virginia certificate of birth for a child adopted from a foreign country.