I place this checklist in all my adoption files.

This Adoption is:

Step-parent adoption or adoption related by blood or marriage

Non-relative adoption

 

The following documents have been filed with the Clerk of Court:

Summons

Complaint

Order appointing GAL

Proper service of Order appointing GAL on the GAL

Answer of GAL

 

Proof of service of Summons and Complaint on:

Biological parents (if no consent/relinquishment or TPR)

Child to be adopted (if 14 years or older)

GAL or child (if 13 years or younger)

 

Proof of Service by Publication (if served by Publication)

Notice to named biological father

Responsible Father Registry Search Results

Mother’s Consent Relinquishment (if given)

Father’s Consent Relinquishment (if given)

Consent of Child if age 14 or older

Pre-placement Investigation signed within one year of date of placement (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)

Post-Placement Investigation (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)

Medical & Social History (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)

Itemized Accounting (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)

Adoption Placement Certificate (if DSS placement)

Answer of DSS (if DSS placement)

Service of Summons and Complaint on DSS (if DSS placement)

Notice of Hearing to DSS (if DSS placement)

Interstate Compact Approval (if child is placed out of state or placed in S.C. from another state)

Order of Exceptional Circumstances (if child is placed in another State from S.C.)