Rule 91. ADOPTION OF FOREIGN-BORN CHILD

Category: Rules of The Circuit Court -- Probate Division

A. Unless the Court orders otherwise, for purposes of RSA 170-B:7, VI, any one of the following documents, which indicate that the child is a foreign adoptee (IR-3 status) or the subject of a foreign guardianship awarded for the purpose of the child's adoption in the United States (IR-4 status), will be accepted by the Court as evidence that the parental rights of the parents of the proposed adoptee have been voluntarily or involuntarily terminated by the proper authorities in a foreign country:

        1. An attested or certified copy of the adoptee's Certificate of Citizenship issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

        2. An attested or certified copy of the proposed adoptee's alien registration card indicating either IR-3 or IR-4 status.

   

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