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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3B-12" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3B" subtitle_name="Independent Adoption">
  <text>Except for a child being placed for adoption with a relative of the child, by blood or marriage within 4 degrees of affinity or consanguinity under the civil law rule, a parent or grandparent may place a child for adoption only if:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>a petition for adoption is filed in court; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>the court, by order, sanctions the placement pending final action on the petition.</text>
  </level>
</section>
