Part 1. General Provisions

§ 48-3-100. Application of Article

Part 2. Placement of Minors for Adoption

§ 48-3-201. Who may place minors for adoption

§ 48-3-202. Direct placement for adoption

§ 48-3-203. Agency placement adoption

§ 48-3-204. Recruitment of adoptive parents

§ 48-3-205. Disclosure of background information

§ 48-3-206. Affidavit of parentage

§ 48-3-207. Interstate placements

Part 3. Preplacement Assessment

§ 48-3-301. Preplacement assessment required

§ 48-3-302. Request for preplacement assessment

§ 48-3-303. Content and timing of preplacement assessment

§ 48-3-304. Fees for preplacement assessment

§ 48-3-305. Agency disposition of preplacement assessments

§ 48-3-306. Favorable preplacement assessments

§ 48-3-307. Assessments completed after placement

§ 48-3-308. Response to unfavorable preplacement assessment

§ 48-3-309. Mandatory preplacement criminal checks of prospective adoptive parents seeking to adopt a minor who is in the custody or placement responsibility of a county department of social services and mandatory preplacement criminal checks of all individuals 18 years of age or older who reside in the prospective adoptive home

Part 4. Transfer of Physical Custody of Minor by Health Care Facility or Attending Practitioner for Purposes of Adoption

§ 48-3-401. "Health care facility" and "attending practitioner" defined

§ 48-3-402. Authorization required to transfer physical custody

Part 5. Custody of Minors Pending Final Decree of Adoption

§ 48-3-501. Petitioner entitled to custody in direct placement adoptions

§ 48-3-502. Agency entitled to custody in placement by agency

Part 6. Consent to Adoption

§ 48-3-601. Persons whose consent to adoption is required

§ 48-3-602. Consent of incompetent parents

§ 48-3-603. Persons whose consent is not required

§ 48-3-604. Execution of consent: timing

§ 48-3-605. Execution of consent: procedures

§ 48-3-606. Content of consent; mandatory provisions

§ 48-3-607. Consequences of consent

§ 48-3-608. Revocation of consent

§ 48-3-609. Challenges to validity of consent

§ 48-3-610. Collateral agreements

Part 7. Relinquishment of Minor for Adoption

§ 48-3-701. Individuals who may relinquish minor; timing

§ 48-3-702. Procedures for relinquishment

§ 48-3-703. Content of relinquishment; mandatory provisions

§ 48-3-704. Content of relinquishment; optional provisions

§ 48-3-705. Consequences of relinquishment

§ 48-3-706. Revocation of relinquishments

§ 48-3-707. Challenges to validity of relinquishments