Sample Of Adoption Ceremony - Bobby And Sara Smith printable pdf download

SAMPLE 0F ADOPTION CEREMONY for

Bobby and Sara Smith

I am ______________________________, Clerk of Superior Court of

________________________________ County, ______ Judicial District of

North Carolina and today we are having a ceremony to celebrate the final

Decree of Adoption for Bobby and Sara Smith.

Adoption is one of the happy things that a court gets to do. Adoption

means that the court decrees that a child has become part of a new family.

Adoption means that John and Jane Doe are the forever parents for Bobby

and Sara. The adoption of these children was made final on January 2

2015.

Finalizing an adoption means that John and Jane filed legal papers in

the courthouse. These legal papers said that John and Jane wanted to make

Bobby and Sara part of their family.

John and Jane wanted to take on the responsibility of being the

parents to Bobby and Sara, which is a very serious responsibility. It means

that John and Jane promised the court that they would be the father and

mother to these fine young children for the rest of their lives. John and Jane

will make sure that they will have a place to live, food to eat, a church to

belong to, and clothes to wear until they all grow up and are able to live on

their own. By taking on the responsibility of being a parent to these

children; John and Jane promises that they will make sure that they attend

school as long as necessary, and they will teach them what they need to

know in order to grow up into good citizens. As the old saying goes: “Train

up a child in the way they should go; and when they are old, they will not

depart from it.”

Before these children moved into the Smith home, social workers

made sure that John and Jane would be a good growing‐up father and

mother for them. They made sure that they had the support of their family

and friends, some of whom are here with us today to share in this

celebration. After the __________________ County Department of Social

Sample Of Adoption Ceremony - Bobby And Sara Smith