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Laws
Actually many states have laws for agencies (and therefore state adoptions) and laws for private / independent adoptions through an atty.
The head of Adoptions at DHS in Mississippi confirmed this for me and said lobbying was in the works but that was all. Here in MS a lot of corrupt practices are 'protected' by a lack of legislation.
Anyway, law is sometimes influenced by case law. A good site I've found is adoptionlawsite.com You must register to get info but they will only send you email if you request it, and it is currents news on adoption lists.
The site has a drop down menu to choose your state and another menu where you can choose if you want the state statutes or case law or just summaries.
If you really want to know i''d recommend calling a few atty's however, you could read the entire state law chapter. If there is a revocation period it should be listed under that information. Yoiu can search for 'revocation'
I research quite a bit and know that often in agency adoptions, when you sign the papers the custody of the child goes to the agency. Some states allow a revocation period for this. In private adoption there may or may not be a revocation period. In some states it is longer than for agencies. Regardless, all adoptions are contestable, and in MS you have up to 6 months after finalization for that (just saying the laws allow for all that).
Check out that site, it is pretty informative. And as a researcher of many things, I got a lot from it.
Maia
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