Adoption Laws of the Fifty States
District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico:
This page links to the adoption laws of the states.
Alabama
- Title 26, Chapter 10
Alaska
- Chapter 23, §§ 5 thru 240
Arizona
- Title 8, §§ 8-101 thru 8-173
Arkansas
- Title 9, Subtitle 2, Chapter 9
California
- Family Code, §§ 7660-9300
Colorado
- Title 19, Article 5, Part 2
Connecticut
- HB 5349, 5843, 5966, 6607, 7035, 70076, SB 1274.
See also, Chapter
803, Sections 45a-706 to 45a-770
Delaware
- Title 13, Chapter 9
Florida
- Title VI, Chapter 63
Georgia
- §§ 19-1-1 thru 19-15-7
Hawaii
- Chapter 578
Idaho
- §§ 16-1501 thru 16-1515
Indiana
- Title 31, Article 19
Iowa
- Chapter 600
Kansas
- Chapter 59, Article 21
Kentucky
- Title XVII, Chapter 199
Maine
- Title 19, Chapter 21
Maryland
- Family Law, §§ 5-301 thru 5-4B-12
Massachusetts
- Chapter 210, §§ 1 thru 14
Michigan
- Chapter 722, §§ 722.951 thru 722.960 (Act 203 of 1994)
Minnesota
- Chapter 259
Mississippi
- Title 93, Chapter 17
Missouri
- Chapter 453
Montana
- Title 42
Nebraska
- Chapter 43
Nevada
- Chapter 127
New
Hampshire - Chapter 461 (Repealed), Other: Title 10, Chapter
126D
New
Jersey - Title 9
New
Mexico - Chapter 40, Articles 7A, 7B, 14
New
York - Chapter 14, Article 7
North
Carolina - Chapter 48
North
Dakota - Chapter 14-11 (Repealed), New Statute: Chapter 14-15
Ohio
- Title 31, Chapter 3107
Oklahoma
- Chapter10, §§ 7001 thru 7501
Oregon
- Chapter 109, (Title 11)
Pennsylvania
- Title 23, Part 2
Rhode
Island - Chapter 15-7
South
Carolina - Title 20, Chapter 7, Article11, Subarticle 7
South
Dakota - Title 25, Chapter 6
Tennessee
- Title 36, Chapter 1
Texas
- Family Code, Title 5, Chapter 162
Utah
- Title 78, Chapter 30
Vermont
- Title 15, Chapter 9
Virginia
- Title 63.1, Chapter 11
Washington
- Title 26, Chapter 33
West
Virginia - Chapter 48, Article 4
Wisconsin
- Chapter 48.43 thru 48.835 (adoption after termination of parental
rights)
Wyoming
- Title 1, Chapter 22
District
of Columbia - Division 2, Title 16, Chapter 3 Puerto Rico
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