This section contains the most commonly used forms for starting, handling and concluding the adoption of either a minor or an adult. It also includes forms to change an adult’s name.

The section includes but is not limited to the following:

· A summary of the adoption process, the statutory grounds for termination of one’s parental rights, and the differences between a termination and an adoption

· An adoption information-client intake form

· An adoption case template and case management form

· A letter to a client that explains the adoption process

· A motion to transfer the case to another county

· The Interstate Compact forms

· Petitions

· Social study documents

· Criminal history forms

· Relinquishment of parental rights affidavits

· Forms to use prior to the final hearing and prove up the adoption

· Decrees