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N15.5.1

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RULE N15.5.1. ADOPTION. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

(a) Preliminary Order. A preliminary order setting a hearing date and directing that an investigation be conducted shall be appended as a first page to the petition.

(b) Certificate of Health. At the adoption hearing there shall be offered into evidence a certificate of health signed by a licensed physician, attesting to the present condition of health of each adoptee and each non related adopting parent.

(c) Final Adoption Decree. Following the entry of a decree of termination, either voluntary or involuntary, or pursuant to a Petition to Confirm Consent, thirty (30) days shall elapse before a final adoption decree is entered.