Criteria for Agency Adoptions
- Certified copy of child's birth certificate
- 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 hearing, the Petitioner(s) and child(ren) must appear in Court