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...(A) A consent to adoption is irrevocable and cannot be withdrawn after an interlocutory entry or final decree of adoption. The consent of a minor is not voidable by reason of the minor's age. (B) A consent to adoption may be withdrawn prior to the entry of an interlocutory order or prior to the entry of a final decree of adoption if the court finds after hearing that the withdrawal is in the best interest of the pe...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe and supply forms for the taking of social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor available for adoption. (B) An assessor shall record the social and medical histories of the biological parents of a minor available for adoption, unless the minor is to be adopted by the minor's stepparent or grandparent. The assessor shall use the forms pre...

...al parent may request the department of children and youth to provide the biological parent with a copy of the social and medical history forms prescribed by the department pursuant to section 3107.09 of the Revised Code. The department, upon receipt of such a request, shall provide the forms to the biological parent, if the biological parent indicates that the forms are being requested so that the adoption records o...

...(A)(1) A public children services agency arranging an adoption in a county other than the county where that public children services agency is located, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, or an attorney arranging an adoption, shall notify the public children services agency in the county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides within ten days after initiation of a home study require...

...ion (C) of this section, with all other children or adults residing in the prospective adoptive home. (C) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code necessary for the implementation and execution of this section. (D) This section does not apply to an adoption by a stepparent whose spouse is a biological or adoptive parent of the minor to be adopted.

...ency that has permanent custody, of the child. Notice shall not be given to a person whose consent is not required as provided by division (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), or (H) of section 3107.07 of the Revised Code. Second notice shall not be given to a juvenile court, agency, or person whose consent is not required as provided by division (I) of section 3107.07 of the Revised Code because the court, agency, or person ...

...sible; (7) If the minor is an Indian child, as defined in 25 U.S.C.A. 1903(4), how the placement complies with the "Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978," 92 Stat. 3069, 25 U.S.C.A. 1901, as amended; (8) If known, the minor's psychological background, including prior abuse of the child and behavioral problems of the child; (9) If applicable, the documents or forms required under sections 3107.032, 3107.10, and 3...

...(A) The petitioner and the person sought to be adopted shall appear at the hearing on the petition, unless the presence of either is excused by the court for good cause shown. (B) The court may continue the hearing from time to time to permit further observation, investigation, or consideration of any facts or circumstances affecting the granting of the petition, and may examine the petitioners separate and apart ...

... the Revised Code, or the department of children and youth or department of health files a social and medical history under section 3107.091 or 3107.393 of the Revised Code, a court may do either or both of the following if the court determines the report or history does not comply with the requirements governing the report or history or, in the case of a home study or prefinalization assessment report, does not enab...

...e designation not based on a parent and child or blood relationship; (b) The legal parents of an adopted person may be notified that a sibling of the adopted person has been placed into out-of-home care. For the purposes of this division, "sibling" means a former biological sibling, former legal sibling, or any person who would have been considered a sibling if not for a termination or other disruption of parental ...

...vacate the adoption decree concerning a child if there is clear and convincing evidence the child was a victim of trafficking in persons pursuant to section 2905.32 of the Revised Code. A conviction is not required to reconsider the adoption under this division.

... least long-term negative impact on the child. (B) When a court makes a determination in a contested adoption concerning the best interest of a child, the court shall consider all relevant factors including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) The least detrimental available alternative for safeguarding the child's growth and development; (2) The age and health of the child at the time the best intere...

...ourt or maintained by the department of children and youth, an agency, or attorney without the consent of a court. (2) An agency or attorney may examine the agency's or attorney's own papers, books, and records pertaining to an adoption without a court's consent for official administrative purposes. The department of children and youth may examine its own papers, books, and records pertaining to an adoption, or su...

...(A) As used in this section, "adoption file" means a file maintained by the department of health under sections 3107.12 to 3107.124 of the Revised Code. (B) An adopted person may request that the department of health disclose to the adopted person which court entered the interlocutory order or final decree of adoption regarding the adopted person if the adopted person seeks to do either or both of the followi...

...minating the relationship of parent and child, or establishing the relationship by adoption, issued pursuant to due process of law by a court of any jurisdiction outside this state, whether within or outside the United States, shall be recognized in this state, and the rights and obligations of the parties as to all matters within the jurisdiction of this state, including, without limitation, those matters specified ...

...If the adopted person was born in this state or outside the United States, the court shall forward all of the following to the department of health within thirty days after an adoption decree becomes final: (A) A copy of the adopted person's certificate of adoption; (B) The form prescribed under division (A)(1) of section 3107.083 of the Revised Code, if a parent filled out and signed the form pursuant to sectio...

...of adoption, the court shall notify the child support enforcement agency administering a child support order pertaining to the adopted child. On receipt of that notice, the child support enforcement agency shall, pursuant to section 3119.89 of the Revised Code, terminate any order of support that exists for the child.

...opted person. (10) "Offspring" means a child, by birth, of a person. (11) "Release" means both of the following: (a) A release filed by a biological parent or biological sibling pursuant to former section 3107.40 of the Revised Code, as repealed by Sub. S.B. 23 of the 130th general assembly, that authorized the release of identifying information to the biological parent's offspring or the release of specified ...

...If the file of releases contains one or more releases that pertain to an adopted person and the department of health has an adoption file for the adopted person, the department shall transfer all of the releases pertaining to the adopted person, including releases for which withdrawals of releases were filed, to the adopted person's adoption file. An adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person wh...

...(A) The department of children and youth shall prescribe a contact preference form for biological parents. The form shall include all of the following: (1) A component in which a biological parent is to indicate one of the following regarding a person who receives, under section 3107.38 of the Revised Code, a copy of the contents of the adoption file of the parent's offspring: (a) That the biological parent wel...

...(A) The department of job and family services shall prescribe a biological parent's name redaction request form. The form shall include all of the following: (1) Information about the procedures and requirements for a biological parent to do either of the following: (a) Have the form placed in the adoption file of the biological parent's offspring so that the biological parent's name is redacted from a copy o...

...The department of health shall include on its web site information about biological parent's name redaction request forms. All of the following information shall be provided: (A) The purpose of the form; (B) The procedures to be followed and requirements to be met for the department to accept the form; (C) The date when biological parents may begin to file the form with the department; (D) The date when the ...

...The department of health shall attach a social and medical history form prescribed under section 3107.09 of the Revised Code to each contact preference form and biological parent's name redaction request form it makes available to a biological parent pursuant to section 3107.39 or 3107.391 of the Revised Code. A biological parent for whom such a form was not completed in accordance with section 3107.09 of the R...

...(A) The department of health shall establish a system by which an adopted person or lineal descendant of an adopted person may request that the department mail to the adopted person's biological parent a question that the adopted person or lineal descendant has about the biological parent's medical history if both of the following apply: (1) The adopted person or lineal descendant received a copy of the conte...

...As used in sections 3107.45 to 3107.53 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adopted person" means a person who, as a minor, was adopted and who, on or after September 18, 1996, became available or potentially available for adoption. For the purpose of this division, a person was available or potentially available for adoption on or after September 18, 1996, if, on or after that date, either of the following occurred: (...