Revoking consent for Adoption.
Full Question:
Can consent for adoption be revoked?
07/10/2009 |
Category: Adoption |
State: Arkansas |
#17472
Answer:
The effect of the final decree of adoption is to terminate all legal relationships between the adopted individual and his natural relatives, including his natural parents, so that the adopted individual thereafter is a stranger to his former relatives for all purposes. An adoption is generally irrevocable. However, consent to adoption may be withdrawn prior to the entry of a decree of adoption if the Court finds, that the withdrawal is in the best interest of the individual to be adopted. McCluskey v. Kerlen, 278 Ark. 338, 340 (Ark. 1983).
