I place this checklist in all my adoption files.
This Adoption is:
Step-parent adoption or adoption related by blood or marriage
Non-relative adoption
The following documents have been filed with the Clerk of Court:
Summons
Complaint
Order appointing GAL
Proper service of Order appointing GAL on the GAL
Answer of GAL
Proof of service of Summons and Complaint on:
Biological parents (if no consent/relinquishment or TPR)
Child to be adopted (if 14 years or older)
GAL or child (if 13 years or younger)
Proof of Service by Publication (if served by Publication)
Notice to named biological father
Responsible Father Registry Search Results
Mother’s Consent Relinquishment (if given)
Father’s Consent Relinquishment (if given)
Consent of Child if age 14 or older
Pre-placement Investigation signed within one year of date of placement (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)
Post-Placement Investigation (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)
Medical & Social History (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)
Itemized Accounting (not required if step-parent adoption or related by blood or marriage)
Adoption Placement Certificate (if DSS placement)
Answer of DSS (if DSS placement)
Service of Summons and Complaint on DSS (if DSS placement)
Notice of Hearing to DSS (if DSS placement)
Interstate Compact Approval (if child is placed out of state or placed in S.C. from another state)
Order of Exceptional Circumstances (if child is placed in another State from S.C.)