42 U.S.C. § 14942 — Documents of other Convention countries

submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-279 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 54 words · no verdicts yet

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Adoption documents from another Convention country can be used in U.S. courts without extra authentication. Courts only require proof of authenticity if someone specifically claims the documents are false, altered, or unreliable.

Documents that originate in another Convention country, and relate to a Convention adoption case, do not need to be authenticated to be admitted in any federal, state, or local U.S. court — unless someone makes a specific, supported claim that the documents are false, have been altered, or are otherwise unreliable.

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Documents originating in any other Convention country and related to a Convention adoption case shall require no authentication in order to be admissible in any Federal, State, or local court in the United States, unless a specific and supported claim is made that the documents are false, have been altered, or are otherwise unreliable.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–279, title IV, § 402, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 841.)

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2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-279 · 114 Stat. 841

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