(a) Appeal from any order or decree entered in any adoption proceedings shall lie to the Supreme Court. No appeal shall lie from any order or decree involving proceedings for adoption unless taken within 30 days from the date of such order or decree. (b) The Department, licensed agency or any person party to the proceedings may file such appeal. (c) In any case in which the effect of the decision of the Supreme Court, on appeal, is to deny the petition for adoption, the Supreme Court shall remand the cause to the Family Court for a determination as to whether or not the child shall remain in the proposed adoptive home. If a removal is ordered, the Family Court shall include in the order a grant of authority to the Department or a licensed agency to make the removal and to provide for the future disposition of the child. (Code 1935, § 3551L; 48 Del. Laws, c. 134, § 3; 13 Del. C. 1953, § 917; 57 Del. Laws, c. 402, § 2; 62 Del. Laws, c. 402, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 108, § 6; 68 Del. Laws, c. 259, § 1.)
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