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Westmoreland Cnty. C.P. Orphans' Rules RULE WO 15.9
ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR RELINQUISHMENT BY CONFIRMATION OF CONSENT TO ADOPTION
A petition to confirm consent to adoption given by a birth parent, presumptive father, or putative father relinquishing parental rights and agreeing to have the child placed for adoption, which alleges that one of the natural parents is deceased, shall have attached to it the death certificate of the deceased parent, or if no death certificate or certification of registration of death can be obtained, a statement of the reason therefor and an allegation of the efforts made to obtain the certificate with a request that the court establish a date and place of death at the adoption hearing on the basis of the evidence presented.
Rule WO15.9, adopted effective August 22, 2022.
RULE WO15.10 involuntary termination of parental rights
A petition for involuntary termination of parental rights, which alleges that one of the natural parents is deceased, shall have attached to it the death certificate of the deceased parent, or if no death certificate or certification of registration of death can be obtained, a statement of the reason therefor and an allegation of the efforts made to obtain the certificate with a request that the court establish a date and place of death at the adoption hearing on the basis of the evidence presented.
Adopted September 17, 2009, effective November 2, 2009. Rule WO303(a) rescinded August 27, 2013, effective October 14, 2013. Rule WO303 amended and renumbered April 6, 2017, effective May 29, 2017. Rule WO15.10 amended effective August 22, 2022.
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- www.westmorelandcountypa.gov
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- 2026-09-30
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- 2026-09-30
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