Adoption Consent Form

Delaware Family Law Updated August 31, 2026 Free Word and PDF

DELAWARE ADOPTION-CONSENT ROUTING AND PREPARATION CHECKLIST

NOT A CONSENT OR SURRENDER. DO NOT SIGN, NOTARIZE, WITNESS, SERVE, OR FILE.

1. Matter and Route Identification

Field Entry
Child / expected child [________________________________]
Birth / expected birth date and place [________________________________]
Parent or person whose consent is under review [________________________________]
Other parent / alleged parent / legal parent [________________________________]
Prospective adoptive parent(s) [________________________________]
Agency, department, facilitator, or placement entity [________________________________]
Existing custody, dependency, guardianship, or adoption matter [________________________________]
County, court, and case number, if any [________________________________]
Delaware counsel for each participant [________________________________]
Earliest possible deadline or event [________________________________]

2. Adoption and Consent Route Gate

No route is selected by this checklist.

Candidate route / issue Facts and records Current official authority / form Counsel conclusion
Private / independent adoption [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Agency / department placement [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Stepparent / relative / intrafamily adoption [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Foster-care / dependency / termination proceeding [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Adult or other adoption [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Consent, surrender, relinquishment, termination, or consent-not-required route [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Interstate, tribal, military, immigration, or foreign overlay [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

Selected route after counsel review: [________________________________]

3. Current-Authority and Official-Form Register

Issue Current official source / form Operative requirement Applies?
Persons whose consent or surrender is required [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Exception, waiver, abandonment, termination, or consent-not-required route [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Parentage, marital presumption, acknowledgment, adjudication, or notice [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Timing after birth or other triggering event [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Withdrawal, revocation, rescission, challenge, or irrevocability [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Minor-parent, capacity, guardian, representative, or interpreter route [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Counseling, advisement, or independent legal representation [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Permitted expenses, payments, and disclosures [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Medical, social, family-history, ancestry, or identity information [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Indian-child inquiry and notice [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Required statutory or court form and exact version [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Signatures, witnesses, oath, declaration, acknowledgment, or notarization [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Recipient, custody effect, filing, service, and court review [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Confidentiality, records access, contact, or registry [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]
Post-adoption contact or separate agreement [________________________________] [________________________________] [____]

4. People, Capacity, and Authority Record

Person Legal role claimed Age / capacity issue Counsel / representative Authority record
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
[________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

Do not infer authority from a relationship label, physical custody, payment of expenses, or participation in placement.

5. Child and Parentage Record

Item Verified fact / source
Child's current legal name [________________________________]
Birth record / expected birth [________________________________]
Legal, alleged, acknowledged, or adjudicated parents [________________________________]
Existing orders and proceedings [________________________________]
Custody and placement status [________________________________]
Sibling and family relationships [________________________________]
Ancestry / Indian-child inquiry [________________________________]
Medical and social history [________________________________]
Prior consents, surrenders, denials, or terminations [________________________________]

6. Timing and Event Calendar

Event Source / trigger Earliest or due date Proof / status
Birth / placement [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]
Advisement / counseling / counsel [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]
Consent / surrender preparation [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]
Execution [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]
Withdrawal / revocation / challenge event [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]
Filing / service / court review [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]
Other [________________________________] [__/__/____] [________________________________]

A blank or proposed date is not a legal deadline. Counsel must independently calculate every event.

7. Required Document Package

Document / record Current version / source Responsible person Status
Official consent / surrender / relinquishment instrument [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Advisement / counseling / counsel record [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Parentage / notice / service document [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Medical / social / family-history document [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Expense disclosure or accounting [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Capacity / representative authority [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Court petition / attachment / order [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]
Other [________________________________] [________________________________] [________________________________]

8. Execution and Filing Plan

Control Counsel-approved instruction
Required signer(s) and capacity [________________________________]
Required witness / official / notarial act [________________________________]
Physical, remote, or electronic method [________________________________]
Required advisement immediately before signing [________________________________]
Copies and delivery [________________________________]
Filing court / office [________________________________]
Filing deadline and proof [________________________________]
Court hearing / review / order [________________________________]
Records and confidentiality handling [________________________________]

This checklist supplies no signature block and creates no custody, consent, surrender, waiver, contact restriction, confidentiality duty, default, remedy, fee, forum, or enforceability result.

9. Final Approval Gate

☐ Adoption and consent route selected
☐ Required and potentially required persons identified
☐ Current official law and form versions checked
☐ Timing, withdrawal, challenge, and filing events independently calculated
☐ Parentage, capacity, representative, counseling, and counsel issues resolved
☐ Expense, disclosure, history, ancestry, and notice requirements resolved
☐ Required execution formalities confirmed
☐ Separate official instrument and court package prepared
☐ Delaware adoption counsel approved the operative documents
☐ This checklist excluded from the signature and filing package

Prepared by: [________________________________]
Sources checked through: [__/__/____]
Approved operative document / version: [________________________________]

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Last updated
August 31, 2026
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August 31, 2026
Jurisdiction
Delaware
Category
Family Law

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