Section 24Sec./Art. 24

Documentary Requirements. The PAPs shall attach the following to the Petition for Adoption and shall submit the same to the RACCO:

(a) Home study report and child case study report duly prepared pursuant to the provisions of this Act, which requires a uniform and standardized format of the report;

(b) Authenticated or security paper copies of birth record of the PAPs and the child;

(c) Authenticated or security paper copies of Marriage Certificate, if the PAPs are married; or Court Decision or Certificate of Finality, if annulled, divorced or legally separated;

(d) National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) or Police Clearance; If foreign national, clearance from police authorities where he or she lived for more than twelve (12) months any time in the past fifteen (15) years;

(e) Written consent to the adoption by the biological parent(s) or the person(s) exercising substitute parental authority over the child and the written consent of the child if at least ten (10) years old, signed in the presence of an adoption social worker of the NACC or child-caring agency, or of the child-placing agency for cases where the child is from a foster home, after proper counseling as prescribed in this Act;

(f) Authenticated or security paper copies of the Death Certificate of biological parents, as applicable;

(g) Original copy of CDCLAA, as applicable;

(h) Result of the recent medical evaluation of the child and the PAPs;

(i) Mandatory result of the psychological evaluation of the PAPs;

(j) Mandatory result of the psychological evaluation of the child, for children five (5) years old and above;

(k) Child care plan with a list of at least three (3) temporary custodian of the child in order of preference in case of death, absence or incapacity of the PAPs;

(l) Letter attesting to the character and general reputation of the PAPs from at least three (3) non-related character references, of whom one must preferably come from an employer or supervisor or with who the PAPs have business dealings. The contact details of the person attesting must be so indicated in the letter;

(m) Recent close-up and whole-body pictures of the child and the PAPs taken within the last six (6) months; and

(n) Documents showing the financial capacity of the PAPs.

The NACC shall formulate and produce official, uniform, and standard forms of the foregoing documentary requirements that will be easily used and submitted by the PAPs for their Petition for Domestic Adoption.

The documentary requirements previously submitted to the NACC for other child care services may be considered and admitted for domestic administrative adoption, if applicable: Provided, That the adoption social worker of the NACC, LGU, and child-caring or child-placing agencies are nor precluded from asking for additional documents as may be necessary as proof of the facts alleged in the petition or to establish a factual claim.

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