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Adoption - Pre-placement
The birth parent(s) may be represented by legal counsel. Legal counsel for the birth parents may not be the same person who represents the prospective adoptive parent(s).
If a birth certificate has been issued, it must be filed with the pre-placement application.
If the child to be adopted was born after 1/1/1997 and the birth mother was not married to the birth father and no subsequent paternity determination was made after the birth of the child, the Court requires a Putative Father Registry Certification.
OHDS Form 1693 (PDF) (Ohio Law & Adoption Materials) should be utilized at the time of the birth parent assessment and is to be completed by the adoption assessor and the birth parent(s).
Forms:
- Child's Residency Affidavit (PDF)
- Petitioner's Affidavit (PDF)
- Pre-Placement Application by Agency (PDF)
- Pre-Placement Application by Parent (PDF)
- Pre-Placement Application by Relative (PDF)
- Pre-Placement Consent and Waiver (PDF)
- 18.23 Order to Assessor (PDF)
- Rights to Contest (PDF)
- Surrender - Adult (PDF)
- Surrender - Minor Parent (PDF)
- Entry Appointing Guardian ad litem (PDF)
- Pre-Adoption Custody Order by Parent of an Infant (PDF)
- Pre-Adoption Custody Order by Parent of a Child (PDF)
- Pre-Adoption Custody Order by Relatives (PDF)
- Entry Approving Placement by Parent (PDF)
- Entry Approving Placement by Parent 2 (PDF)
- Entry Approving Placement by Relatives (PDF)
- Financial Sheet (PDF)
After the Court Hearing:
Once the entry is rendered, counsel for prospective adoptive parent(s) may file the Petition for Adoption.