SECTION 1. Nature of adoption; district or juvenile court

SECTION 2. Written consent of certain persons; form of consent; identification of father

SECTION 2A. Decree of adoption; entry; conditions precedent

SECTION 2B. Adoption decrees; mandatory language

SECTION 3. Dispensing with required consent in certain cases

SECTION 3A. Repealed, 1972, 800, Sec. 3

SECTION 3B. Registration of interest for pre-adoptive or adoptive placement; criminal record review

SECTION 4. Notice

SECTION 4A. Fathers of children born out of wedlock; adoption rights

SECTION 5. Failure to object after notice; proceedings

SECTION 5A. Children under fourteen; adoption; regulations; removals

SECTION 5B. Adoptive custody; factors considered; request for religious designation

SECTION 5C. Inspection of pleadings, reports, etc.; docket book

SECTION 5D. Release of information concerning adoption

SECTION 5E. Department of children and families adoption report

SECTION 6. Decree of court; force and effect; private hearings

SECTION 6A. Certificates of adoption

SECTION 6B. Adoption nunc pro tunc

SECTION 6C. Agreement for post-adoption contact or communication

SECTION 6D. Enforcement of agreement

SECTION 6E. Decisions of adoptive parent on behalf of child

SECTION 7. Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 57

SECTION 8. Repealed, 2012, 140, Sec. 58

SECTION 9. Succession to property; right of child adopted in foreign state

SECTION 10. Second adoption; effect

SECTION 11. Appeals

SECTION 11A. Adoption services offered by certain persons or agencies; penalty

SECTION 12. Petitions for change of name

SECTION 13. Notice and certificate; decree; entry; conditions precedent

SECTION 14. Annual return of changes of name