Criteria for Agency Adoptions

Certified copy of child's birth certificate

Adoption Forms Required

Petition for Adoption Entry Setting Date of Hearing and Ordering Notice Assignment of Investigator Petitioner's Accounts (Preliminary and Final)  Final Decree of Adoption Adoption Certificate for Parents Certificate of Adoption

Other Requirements

Copy of Juvenile Court Order (if applicable) Attorney Letter (if applicable) All forms and requirements must be presented prior to the     initiation of an adoption case On the date set for hearin, the Petitioner(s) and child(ren)     must appear in Court