New York's General Adoption Statutes
New York
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: Dom. Rel. Law §§ 112; 116
- • Authorized agency
- • Disinterested person as approved by the court
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Statute: Dom. Rel. Law § 112
- • Name
- • Date and place of birth
- • Religion
- • Medical history
Contents of Report About Birth Parents Statute: Dom. Rel. Law §
112
- • Health and medical history
- • Hereditary diseases, if any
- • Drugs or medication taken during pregnancy
- • Nationality, ethnic heritage
- • Religion
- • Education
- • Occupation
- • Talents, hobbies
- • Physical description
Contents of Report About Adoptive Parents Statute: Dom. Rel. Law
§§ 112; 116
- • Marital, family status
- • Religion
- • Occupation; income
- • Finances; property owned
- • Physical, mental health
- • Familial, social, and emotional circumstances
- • Child abuse history
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