When a child is adopted, let us know the child's new name, the date of the adoption decree and the adopting parent's name and address.

Supporters have pointed out that the same situation already occurs with marriage licenses, adoption decrees and other state documents under the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution.

Also, send a certified copy of the court order or final adoption decree which identifies the child and shows the change of name with the request.

Finally it allows the birth parents to petition the court to vacate the adoption within two years if the adoption decree was made under fraud or duress.

The adoption decree must give the child all the rights of a natural born child.

We'll be bringing her birth certificate and adoption decree with us.

It held that an Oklahoma statute that rejects certain out-of-state adoption decrees violates the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

Stepparents accounted for 46 percent of the 2,474 adoption decrees in Minnesota in 1989.

In these cases, a child must spend two years after the adoption decree is final in the actual care of the adoptive parent(s) overseas before a visa will be issued.

Notwithstanding the labyrinth of influence-peddling and outright bribery involved, a Romanian adoption decree, issued in a local court, is generally recognized as a legal adoption in the United States.