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For Immediate
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6/30/06
CONTACT:
Senate Republican Communications
(717) 787-6725
Vance Legislation to Streamline Foreign Adoption
Procedures Goes to Governor
HARRISBURG -- Sen.
Pat Vance's (R-Cumberland/York) legislation to simplify the procedures to
register foreign adoptions in Pennsylvania is headed to the governor's desk
after the Senate today concurred in House amendments.
"I'm
pleased to see this legislation is on the verge of becoming law and
appreciated Rep. Jerry Birmelin's efforts to shepherd the bill through
the House," Vance said. "It is very expensive for a family to adopt a
child overseas. Families then return to Pennsylvania and face various
adoption procedures throughout the Commonwealth to complete the
process. These parents care enough to make a difference in the life of
a child and should not be forced to complete a burdensome and costly
process here. This legislation will create a straightforward way to
register foreign adoptions in Pennsylvania."
Senate
Bill 332 allows parents to obtain a full and final adoption by filing
with the clerk of court an authenticated copy of the foreign adoption
decree, a copy of the child's visa and the child's birth certificate or
other form of birth identification. If the court rules the adoption is
full and final, no hearing will be required, and the parents will not be
required to obtain counsel. Additionally, the clerk of courts must
provide a standard petition, court order and instructions for use to
adoptive parents who have to readopt their foreign child to finalize the
adoption because they cannot meet the requirements of the streamlined
process.
Vance's district includes all of Cumberland County and Carroll,
Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Warrington and Washington townships and
Dillsburg, Franklintown and Wellsville boroughs in York County.
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