Practice question
Prospective adopters plan to keep the foundling’s adoption permanently secret from the child, including after thirteen. They argue administrative adoption makes telling entirely optional. Which does11642 Section19 provide?
- Disclosure of adoption to the adoptee is mandatory before age thirteen
- Permanent secrecy is always legally required
- Disclosure is forbidden for foundlings
- Only the finder may decide whether the child learns
- The law addresses no preparation for adoption telling
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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