Circuit Court Probate Division Rules Table of Contents
A. Unless the Court orders otherwise, for purposes of RSA 170-B:7,
VI, any one of the following documents, which indicate that the child is a
foreign adoptee (IR-3 status) or the subject of a foreign guardianship awarded
for the purpose of the child's adoption in the United States (IR-4 status), will
be accepted by the Court as evidence that the parental rights of the parents of
the proposed adoptee have been voluntarily or involuntarily terminated by the
proper authorities in a foreign country:
1. An attested or certified copy of
the adoptee's Certificate of Citizenship issued by the U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
2. An attested or certified copy of
the proposed adoptee's alien registration card indicating either IR-3 or IR-4
status.
3. An attested or certified copy of
the proposed adoptee's passport issued in his/her country of birth, with the
U.S. Visa stamp affixed indicating either IR-3 or IR-4 status.
B. Unless the Court orders
otherwise, for purposes of RSA 170-B:27, II, any of the documents specified in
section A above, except those bearing an IR-4 status, are acceptable
documentation and satisfactory evidence to establish the validity of a foreign
adoption.
C. The attestation or certification of the copies
deemed acceptable under the preceding sections shall be by a notary public
commissioned under the laws of the jurisdiction where the act occurs and shall
be substantially in the following form:
"A true copy attest
____________________________________________
Notary Public
My Commission Expires:_____________________
Affix Notarial Seal Here"
or, alternatively,
"I hereby certify that I have personally examined
and compared this copy against the original instrument and find this copy to be
a true copy of the original in every respect save this certification.
___________________________________________
Notary
Public
My
Commission Expires:________________________
Affix
Notarial Seal Here"