Any duly licensed child placement agency in this state, or governmental child placement
agency, at the request of the natural parent or parents of a child under eighteen
(18) years of age, may, not sooner than fifteen (15) days after the birth of the child,
petition the family court for the termination of the rights of the natural parents
of the child to consent to its adoption. After any notice to the natural parents that
the court deems proper, a hearing shall be had prior to the hearing on the petition
for adoption in the family court, and if the family court finds after examination
of the parent or parents that the parent or parents freely join in the petition, and
that the granting of the petition is for the best interests of the child, it shall
decree that in the hearing on the adoption of the child the consent of the natural
parents as provided above shall be unnecessary and that the agency shall be the sole
party to give or withhold consent. The granting of the petition to give or withhold
consent to the child placement agency shall also make the agency the guardian of the
child for all purposes.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 1972–2002 · leading case:
State v. Fritz, 801 A.2d 679 (R.I. 2002).
State v. Fritz, 801 A.2d 679 (R.I. 2002).
· cites it 18× “NOTES [1] The Family Court justice treated the termination hearing as one for the termination of defendant's right to consent to the children's adoption under G.L. 1956 § 15-7-6. Section 15-7-6 addresses the termination of a parent's right to consent to adoption and provides…”
In Re Kyle S., 692 A.2d 329 (R.I. 1997).
· cites it 4× “In effectuating § 15-7-6 or § 15-7-5 in conjunction with § 15-7-6, the primary inquiry undertaken by the court is whether the surrender of parental rights is voluntary and in the best interests of the child — no inquiry into parental unfitness is made.”
In Re Christina D., 525 A.2d 1306 (R.I. 1987).
· cites it 4× “1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 15-7-6 and ultimate conclusion that the guardian ad litem no longer has standing once the termination petition is granted.”
In Re Adoption of a Minor Child, 287 A.2d 115 (R.I. 1972).
“5 Our adoption statute specifically provides for notice to the natural parents or parent where there is a voluntary or involuntary termination of parental rights pursuant to the terms of §§15-7-6 and 15-7-7. A close reading of §15-7-8 shows that a parent whose parental rights…”
In Re Julie, 334 A.2d 212 (R.I. 1975).
“1956 (1969 Reenactment) §15-7-6, as amended by P. L. 1970, ch. 132, §1, to terminate the parental rights of the natural parents of Julie, a 3%-year-old child.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.