Document Checklist for New Petitions for Domestic Administrative Adoption

File No. (i.e. RACCO NCR-DAA-2022-0001-Reg-001)

Date received
Name of Petitioners
Address
Name of Child Placing
Agency (CPA) / Local
Government Unit (LGU) /
ARRS
Address and contact
details of the CPA/LGU/
ARRS
Name of Adoption Social
Worker
Address and contact
details of the adoption
social worker

Tick off if available:

Check Box
Yes No Documentary Requirements
Notarized Petition for Adoption
Home Study Report and Child Study Report or Social Case Study Report
(whichever is applicable, prepared within six (6) months based on the date
of report
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) copies of birth record of the PAP/s and
the child/ren
PSA copies of Marriage Certificate and/or Certificate of No Marriage
(CENOMAR), in case of termination of marriage, Authenticated Divorce
papers with copy of court decision and Certificate of Finality by their
Consulate, if foreign applicant; Decree of Annulment, Decree of Nullity of
Marriage, or Decree of Legal Separation or the PSA copy of the Certificate
of Marriage with annotation of the annulment of marriage, declaration of
nullity of marriage or legal separation for Filipino applicant
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Police Clearance or Court
Clearances. If foreign national, clearance from police authorities where he
or she has lived for more than twelve (12) months anytime in the past
fifteen (15) years
PSA copies of the Death Certificate of the child’s biological parents, if
applicable
Original copy of the CDCLAA, if applicable
Result of the recent medical evaluation of the child and the PAP/s prepared
within six (6) months prior to petition for domestic administrative adoption
Psychological evaluation prepared within two (2) years based on the date of
report
Psychological evaluation of the child, for children five (5) years old and
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 above prepared within two (2) years based on the date of the report
Child care plans with a list of at least three (3) temporary custodians of the
child in order of preference in case of death, absence or incapacity of the
PAP/s
Letters attesting to the character and general reputation of the PAP/s from
at least three (3) non-related character references, of one preferably from
an employer or supervisor or with whom the PAP/s have business dealings.
Contact details of the persons must be indicated in the letter
Recent close-up and whole-body pictures (5R) of the child and the PAP/s
taken within the last six (6) months
Documents showing the financial capacity of the PAP/s
Written consent from the following:
() Adoptee, if ten (10) years of age or over
() Biological parents of the child, if known, or the legal guardian, or the
proper government instrumentality which has legal custody of
the child, except in the case of a Filipino of legal age, if, prior to
the adoption, said person has been consistently considered and
treated as their own child by the adopters for at least three (3)
years
() Marital and adopted children, ten (10) years of age or over, of the
adopters, if any.
() Non-marital children, ten (10) years of age or over, of the adopter if
living with said adopter or over whom the adopter exercises parental
authority and the latter’s spouse, if any
() The spouse, if any, of the adoptee
PSA copy of death certificate of the child’s biological parents, if applicable
PSA copy of death certificate of either petitioner, if applicable
Barangay certification and affidavit of two disinterested persons to prove
that the adoptee has been treated and considered as the child of the
petitioners for at least three (3) years before the age of majority
Attendance at Pre-Adoption training or in applicable cases, undertaking to
complete pre-adoption training prior to the issuance of Adoption Order
Certificate of Approval as adoptive applicants
Certificate of Matching, if applicable
Pre-Adoption Placement Authority (PAPA)
Verification and certification against non-forum shopping
Other documentary requirements:

Reviewed by:

Name of Social Worker

Date:

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