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, § 402114 Stat. 841(, , .)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 106–279section 14901 of this titleSection effective upon entry into force for the United States of the Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption, pursuant to Article 46(2)(a) of the Convention, with transition rule, see section 505(a)(2), (b) of , set out as an Effective Dates; Transition Rule note under .