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Code · U.S. Code · Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE · CHAPTER 143— INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTIONS · SUBCHAPTER IV— ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT · § 14942

§ 14942. Documents of other Convention countries

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Documents originating in any other Convention country and related to a Convention adoption case shall require no authentication in order to be admissible in any Federal, State, or local court in the United States, unless a specific and supported claim is made that the documents are false, have been altered, or are otherwise unreliable.
(Pub. L. 106–279, title IV, § 402, Oct. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 841.)
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