§ 112. General provisions relating to adoption from authorized\nagencies. In an adoption from an authorized agency the following\nrequirements shall be observed:\n 1. The adoptive parents or parent and the adoptive child must appear\nfor examination before a judge or surrogate of the county specified in\nsection one hundred thirteen of this title. The judge or surrogate,\nhowever, may in his discretion dispense with the personal appearance of\nthe adoptive child or of an adoptive parent who is on active duty in the\narmed forces of the United States.\n 2. The adoptive parents or parent and the adoptive child if over\neighteen years of age must present to such judge or surrogate (a) a\npetition stating the names and place of residence of the petitioners;\nwhether they are of full age; whether they are married or unmarried and,\nif married, whether they are living together as husband and wife; the\nfirst name, date and place of birth of the adoptive child as nearly as\nthe same can be ascertained; a statement on information and belief that\nthere will be annexed to the petition a schedule verified by a duly\nconstituted official of the authorized agency as required by this\nsection; the religious faith of the petitioners; the religious faith of\nthe adoptive child and his or her parents as nearly as the same can be\nascertained; the manner in which the adoptive parents obtained the\nadoptive child; whether the child was placed or brought into the state\nof New York from out of state for the purpose of adoption, whether the\nplacement was subject to the provisions of section three hundred\nseventy-four-a of the social services law and if the placement was\nsubject to the provisions of such section, whether the provisions of\nsuch section were complied with; the period of time during which the\nadoptive child has resided with the adoptive parents; the occupation and\napproximate income of the petitioners, including support and\nmaintenance, if any, to be received on behalf of the adoptive child from\na commissioner of social services, pursuant to the social services law,\nand the new name, if any, by which the adoptive child is to be known;\nwhether the adoptive parent or parents has or have knowledge that an\nadoptive parent is the subject of an indicated report, as such terms are\ndefined in section four hundred twelve of the social services law, filed\nwith the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment\npursuant to title six of article six of the social services law, or has\nbeen the subject of or the respondent in a child protective proceeding\ncommenced under article ten of the family court act, which proceeding\nresulted in an order finding that the child is an abused or neglected\nchild; that no previous application has been made to any court or judge\nfor the relief sought or if so made, the disposition of it and a\nstatement as to whether the adoptive child had been previously adopted,\nall of which statements shall be taken prima facie as true; (b) an\nagreement on the part of the adoptive parents or parent to adopt and\ntreat the adoptive child as their or his or her own lawful child; (c)\nthe consents required by section one hundred eleven of this article.\n 2-a. In the petition provided for in subdivision two of this section,\nthe adoptive parents or parent and the adoptive child if over eighteen\nyears of age shall present to the judge or surrogate as nearly as can be\nascertained the heritage of the parents, which shall include\nnationality, ethnic background and race; education, which shall be the\nnumber of years of school completed by the parents at the time of the\nbirth of the adoptive child; general physical appearance of the parents\nat the time of the birth of the adoptive child, which shall include\nheight, weight, color of hair, eyes, skin; occupation of the parents at\nthe time of the birth of the adoptive child; health and medical history\nof the parents at the time of the birth of t
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