42 U.S.C. § 14951
Recognition of Convention adoptions
Subject to Article 24 of the Convention, adoptions concluded between two other Convention countries that meet the requirements of Article 23 of the Convention and that became final before the date of entry into force of the Convention for the United States shall be recognized thereafter in the United States and given full effect. Such recognition shall include the specific effects described in Article 26 of the Convention.
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case (1 in the last 5 years), 2024–2024 · leading case: Furtado, 28 I. & N. Dec. 794 (BIA 2024).
Furtado, 28 I. & N. Dec. 794 (BIA 2024). “1(b)–(c); see also 42 U.S.C. § 14951 (stating that the United States will recognize and give full effect to adoptions concluded between two Convention countries that meet the requirements of the Convention but became final before the Convention entered into force for the United…”
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