199 N.C. App. 128 - Boseman v. Jarrell’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, after the final order of adoption is entered, no party to an adoption proceeding nor anyone claiming under such a party may question the validity of the adoption because of any defect or irregularity, jurisdictional or otherwise, in the proceeding, but shall be fully bound by the order. No adoption may be attacked either directly or collaterally because of any procedural or other defect by anyone who was not a party to the adoption. The failure on the part of the court or an agency to perform duties or acts within the time required by the provisions of this Chapter shall not affect the validity of any adoption proceeding.”

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   e.g. Boseman v. Jarrell

2. “must be in writing and state . . . [t]hat the individual executing the consent understands that when the adoption is final, all rights and obligations of the adoptee's former parents or guardian with respect to the adoptee will be extinguished, and every aspect of the legal relationship between the adoptee and the former parent or guardian will be terminated.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Boseman v. Jarrell

3. “severs the relationship of parent and child between the individual adopted and that individual's biological or previous adoptive parents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Boseman v. Jarrell