Practice question
A twelve-year-old foundling is legally available for adoption. The qualified applicants and agency favor placement, but the child’s written consent has not been obtained after counseling. They argue unknown biological parents make the child’s own consent irrelevant. Which is correct?
- Unknown parentage does not erase23(a)’s requirement for this adoptee’s written consent
- Only biological parents ever consent
- All foundlings are excluded from adoptee consent
- Agency approval always replaces the child’s consent
- Consent is required only for children younger than ten
Legal references
- RA11767 Foundling Recognition and Protection Act: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11767_2022.html Section6.
- RA11642 Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2022/ra_11642_2022.html Sections19,21 and23.
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