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 68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 392-JUNE 8, 1954

(1) The name, sex, date, and place of birth of the adoptee, and the names and addresses and residences of the natural parents, if known to the petitioner, except that in any adoption proceeding which is consented to by the Commissioners or a licensed child-placing agency, the names, addresses and residence of the natural parents shall not be set forth. (2) The name, address, age, business or employment of the petitioner, and the name of the employer, if any, of the petitioner, (3) The relationship, if any, of the adoptee to the petitioner. (4) The race and religion of the adoptee, or his natural parent or parents. (5) The race and religion of the petitioner. (6) The date that the adoptee commenced residing with petitioner. (7) Any change of name which may be desired. If any of the above facts are unknown to the petitioner, the petitioner shall state this fact. If any of the above facts are known to the Commissioners or a licensed child-placing agency, which as a matter of social policy declines to disclose them to the petitioner, the facts may be disclosed to the court in an exhibit filed by the Commissioners or such licensed agency with the court. If more than one petitioner joins in a petition, the requirements of this section shall be applicable to each petitioner. NOTICE

SEC, 8, Due notice of pending adoption proceedings shall be given immediately upon the filing of a petition by summons, by registered letter sent to the addressee only, or otherwise, as the court may order to be given, to any person or persons whose consent is necessary thereto, except that any party or parties who have formally given their consent to the proposed adoption, as provided elsewhere in this Act, shall be held thereby to have waived the requirement of notice to them under the provisions of this section, INVESTIGATION

SEC, 9, Upon the filing of a petition the court shall, except in a case that is supervised by a licensed child-placing agency and except as provided in section 10, refer the petition to the Commissioners for investigation, report, and recommendation. Where the case is supervised by such a licensed child-placing agency the court shall refer the petition to such agency for investigation, report, and recommendation. The investigation, report, and recommendation shall include— (1) an investigation— (A) of the truth of the allegations of the petition; (B) of the environment, antecedents, and assets, if any, of the adoptee, for the purpose of ascertaining whether he is a proper subject for adoption; (C) of the home of the petitioner, to determine whether the home is a suitable one for the adoptee; (D) of any other circumstances and conditions which may have a bearing on the adoption and of which the court should have knowledge; (2) a written report to the court of the findings of such investigation; and (3) a recommendation to the court whether a final decree declaring the adoption prayed for in the petition should be immediately granted, or whether the court should grant an interlocutory decree granting temporary custody of the adoptee to the petitioner, as hereinafter set forth.

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