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2011 SESSION

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HB 2157 Foreign adoptions; eliminates requirement for re-adoption in State.

Introduced by: Salvatore R. Iaquinto | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Recognition of foreign adoptions.  Provides that in cases in which a child has been adopted pursuant to the laws of a foreign country and enters the United States with an IR-3 or IH-3 visa issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, the adoptive parents shall not be required to readopt the child in Virginia and the adoption shall be recognized by the Commonwealth and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be determined as though the order of adoption was entered by a court of the Commonwealth. This bill also establishes a streamlined process whereby adoptive parents of children adopted pursuant to the laws of a foreign country and brought into the United States with an IR-3 or IH-3 visa may obtain a certificate of birth for the child.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Recognition of foreign adoptions.  Eliminates the requirement for re-adoption in Virginia of a child born in a foreign country who was not a citizen of the United States at birth for whom an adoption has been finalized pursuant to the laws of that foreign country. The bill also establishes a process for requesting establishment and registration of a Virginia certificate of birth for such child.