A petition for adoption may be filed in any county where: A. a petitioner is a resident; B. the adoptee is physically present at the time the petition is filed; C. an office of the agency that placed the adoptee for adoption is located; or D. the department office from which the child was placed is located. History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-5-10, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 137.
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