Section 51Sec./Art. 51

Decision. If the NACC finds that the allegations of the petition for rescission are true, it shall render a decision ordering the rescission of administrative adoption, with or without costs, as justice requires. The NACC shall:

(a) Order that the parental authority of the biological parent of the adoptee be restored, upon petition of the biological parents and if in the best interest of the child, if the adoptee is still a minor or incapacitated, and declare that the reciprocal rights and obligations of the adopter and the adoptee to each other shall be extinguished. If the biological parent of the adoptee has not filed a petition for restoration of parental authority, or is not known, or if restoring the parental authority over the adoptee is not the latters best interest, the NACC shall take legal custody over the adoptee if still a child;

(b) Declare that successional rights shall revert to its status prior to adoption, as of the date of decision. Vested rights acquired prior to administrative rescission shall be respected;

(c) Order the adoptee to use the name stated in the original birth or foundling certificate; and

(d) Order the Civil Registrar where the adoption order was registered to cancel the new birth certificate of the adoptee and reinstate the original birth or foundling certificate.