2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 143 - INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS (§§ 14901 - 14954)
Subchapter V - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 14951 - 14954)
Section 14951 - Recognition of Convention adoptions
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 143 - INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 14951 - Recognition of Convention adoptions |
| Contains | section 14951 |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 106-279, title V, §501, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 843. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 114 Stat. 843 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 106-279 |
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Subject to Article 24 of the Convention, adoptions concluded between two other Convention countries that meet the requirements of Article 23 of the Convention and that became final before the date of entry into force of the Convention for the United States shall be recognized thereafter in the United States and given full effect. Such recognition shall include the specific effects described in Article 26 of the Convention.
(Pub. L. 106–279, title V, §501, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 843.)
Effective DateSection effective upon entry into force for the United States of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, pursuant to Article 46(2)(a) of the Convention, with transition rule, see section 505(a)(2), (b) of Pub. L. 106–279, set out as an Effective Dates; Transition Rule note under section 14901 of this title.
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