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2025 Delaware Code
Title 13 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 9. ADOPTION
Subchapter I. Minors
§ 926. Receiving child into State for adoption.
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13 DE Code § 926 (2025)
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§ 926. Receiving child into State for adoption.
No child shall be brought or received into the State for the purpose of adoption without the approval of the Department, pursuant to § 381 of Title 31. No petition for adoption of a child brought or received into this State in violation of this section shall be presented or granted.
Code 1935, § 3551P; 48 Del. Laws, c. 134, § 3; 13 Del. C. 1953, § 926; 57 Del. Laws, c. 363, § 7; 60 Del. Laws, c. 241, § 6; 64 Del. Laws, c. 108, § 10; 68 Del. Laws, c. 259, § 1;
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