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Adoption Forms
- Adoption Check List (PDF)
- Adult Adoption Name Change Packet (PDF)
- Appendix B - Voluntary Post-Adoptions (PDF)
- Application to Appear by Zoom - Orphans Court (PDF)
- Certification of Acknowledgment of Paternity (PDF)
- Children, Youth and Families Bulletin 3350-11-01 (with Appendices) (PDF)
- Consent by Parent of Adoptee with Notice (PDF)
- Example Agreement (PDF)
- Final Decree Approving Adoption (PDF)
- Final Decree Approving Paramour Adoption (PDF)
- Final Decree Approving Step parent Adoption (PDF)
- Final Decree Confirming Consent to Adoption (PDF)
- Final Decree for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights (PDF)
- Final Decree to Voluntary Relinquish Parental Rights to Adults (PDF)
- Final Decree to Voluntary Relinquish Parental Rights to Agency (PDF)
- Notice for Termination of Parental Rights-Confirm Consent (PDF)
- Notice Required by Act 101 of 2010 (PDF)
- Petition for Adoption (PDF)
- Petition for Court Appointed Counsel and Financial Affidavit form and Information Packet (PDF)
- Petition for Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights (PDF)
- Petition For Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (PDF)
- Petition for Voluntary Relinquishment of All Parental Rights and Duties to Adult (PDF)
- Petition for Voluntary Relinquishment of All Parental Rights and Duties to Agency (PDF)
- Petition to Confirm Consent to Adoption (PDF)
- Report Disclosing Fees and Cost (PDF)
- Report of Intention to Adopt (PDF)
Petition to Register Foreign Decree Pursuant to 23 PA.C.S. Section 2908 (PA.O.C. Rule 15.14)
[Note: Petitioner(s) must review and complete all the following forms]
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01273 F (Certificate of Adoption of a Foreign-Born Child) (PDF)
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01275 F (Statement of Citizenship and Residency) (PDF)
- Filing Instructions (PDF)
- Final Decree Denied (PDF)
- Final Decree Granted (PDF)
- Petition to Register Foreign Adoption Decree (PDF)
D. Foreign Adoption of a Foreign Born Child 23 PA.C.S. Section 2908E (PA.O.C. Rule 15.15)
[Note: See Pa.O.C. Rule 15.15 about what documents must be filed, and in what order]
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01273 F (Certificate of Adoption of a Foreign-Born Child) (PDF)
- Division of Vital Records Form No. HD01275 F (Statement of Citizenship and Residency) (PDF)
- Final Decree (PDF)
- Pennsylvania O.C. Rule 15.15 (PDF)
- Petition for Adoption of a Foreign Born Child (PDF)
- Preliminary Decree (PDF)
- Report of the Intermediary (PDF)
- Verification of Translator (PDF)