Except when a petition is filed by a relative of the child within the second degree either by blood or affinity, no petition for adoption shall be entertained unless prior to the filing of the petition:
(a) a decree of termination of the parent-child relation- ship with respect to each living parent of the child sought to be adopted has been entered; and (b) the child sought to be adopted has been placed for adoption with the petitioner by the Division. SOURCE: CC § 221.4 enacted by P.L. 13-133:1 (Feb. 3, 1976).