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1 Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions 1 (2022)

handle is hein.scsl/crtjap0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Court Jurisdiction and Venue for Adoption Petitions To find statute information for a particular State, go to the State Statutes Search. Adoption is a legal process for making a child a permanent member of a family other than the child's birth family1 Jurisdiction refers to the type of court that hears adoption cases. Venue refers to the geographic location of the court. ' The adopted person is not always a child. For more information, see Child Welfare Information Gateway's Who May Adovt Be Adovted, or Place a Child for Adovtion?. WHAT'S INSIDE Jurisdiction Examples of jurisdiction Venue Child Welfare . a Information Gateway PROTECTING CHILDREN N STRENGTHENING FAMILIES Children's Bureau An Office of the Administration for Children & Families