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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 9, CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS

    Chapter 3: Liberal construction; rights of affected persons.

      Section: 9:3-43.2: Force of final judgment of adoption in a foreign jurisdiction, certain circumstances.

          
2. A final judgment of adoption granted by a judicial, administrative or executive body of a jurisdiction or country other than the United States shall have the same force and effect in this State as that given to a judgment of adoption entered by another state, without additional proceedings or documentation if:

a. the adopting parent is a resident of this State; and

b. the validity of the foreign adoption has been verified by the granting of an IR-3 immigrant visa, or a successor immigrant visa, for the child by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.

L.2005,c.81,s.2.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.






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