SCHEDULES

FORM 12S PETITION FOR ADOPTION ORDER UNDER SECTION 49 OF THE ADOPTION (SCOTLAND) ACT 1978

6.  There is lodged along with this application the following documents—S

(i)extract birth certificate relating to the child

(ii)extract marriage certificate relating to the petitioner(s)

(Note: this need be lodged only in the case of a joint application by spouses)

(iii)medical certificate relating to the health of the male petitioner

(iv)medical certificate relating to the health of the female petitioner

(Note: medical certificate need not be produced where either the petitioner or one of the joint petitioners is a parent of the child)

(v)*agreement to the adoption by the child’s natural mother

(vi)*agreement to the adoption by the child’s natural father

(vii)*consent to the adoption by the child

(viii)*consent to the adoption by the tutor or curator

(ix)*extract of the order freeing the child for adoption

(x)*acknowledgement by local authority of letter by petitioner(s) intimating intention to apply for adoption order

(xi)*report by local authority in terms of section 22(2) of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

(xii)*report by the adoption agency in terms of section 23 of the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978

(xiii)*an affidavit by who is conversant with the law of adoption of and has practised law as a [or represents that country as (state capacity) in the United Kingdom]

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