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Section 3A - Repealed, 1972, 800, Sec. 3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 - Succession to property; rights of adopted child

Section 8 - "Child'', "grandchild'', "issue'', etc., defined

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