Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-102
§14951 Recognition of Convention Adoptions
Title 42 › CHAPTER 143 — INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS › SUBCHAPTER V — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 14951
Summary
If Article 24 allows, the U.S. must recognize adoptions between two other Convention countries that met Article 23 and were final before the Convention took effect for the U.S., and must give them the effects listed in Article 26.
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Title 42, §14951
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Subject to Article 24 of the Convention, adoptions concluded between two other Convention countries that meet the requirements of Article 23 of the Convention and that became final before the date of entry into force of the Convention for the United States shall be recognized thereafter in the United States and given full effect. Such recognition shall include the specific effects described in Article 26 of the Convention.
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Effective Date
Section effective upon entry into force for the United States of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, pursuant to Article 46(2)(a) of the Convention, with transition rule, see section 505(a)(2), (b) of Pub. L. 106–279, set out as an
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s; Transition Rule note under section 14901 of this title.
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42 U.S.C. § 14951
Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102