Pennsylvania Code
Title 231 - RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Part II - ORPHANS' COURT RULES
Chapter XV - ADOPTIONS
- Rule 15.1 - Local Adoption Rules
- Rule 15.2 - Definitions
- Rule 15.3 - Prerequisites for any Petition to Terminate Parental Rights or Petition to Adopt
- Rule 15.4 - Notice of Hearing to Terminate Parental Rights; Method and Time
- Rule 15.5 - Certification Filed with the Clerk Maintaining the Dependency Docket
- Rule 15.6 - Filing of Termination Petitions when an Agency is Not Involved
- Rule 15.7 - Voluntary Relinquishment to Agency
- Rule 15.8 - Voluntary Relinquishment to Adult Intending to Adopt Child
- Rule 15.9 - Alternative Procedure for Relinquishment by Confirmation of Consent to Adoption
- Rule 15.10 - Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
- Rule 15.10 - Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
- Rule 15.11 - Notice of Right to File Statement of Medical, Personal, or Social History Information
- Rule 15.12 - Court Review and Approval of Contact Agreement
- Rule 15.13 - Adoption
- Rule 15.14 - Registration of Foreign Adoption Decree
- Rule 15.15 - Petition for Adoption of a Foreign Born Child
- Rule 15.16 - Notice and Service in Subsequent Petitions Regarding Contact Agreements
- Rule 15.17 - Petition to Modify a Contact Agreement
- Rule 15.18 - Petition to Enforce a Contact Agreement
- Rule 15.19 - Petition to Discontinue a Contact Agreement
- Rule 15.20 - Collection of Documents and Maintenance of Court File
- Rule 15.21 - Privacy; Withholding the Court File from Inspection
- Rule 15.22 - Dissemination and Release of Information in the Court File
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
1See the Adoption Act of 1970, P. L. 620, 1 P. S. 101 et seq. as to adoption jurisdiction in the Orphans' Court Division in all counties other than Philadelphia, see §§ 711(7) and 713, PEF Code, 20 Pa.C.S. §§ 711(7) and 713.
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