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title: "42 U.S.C. § 14942"
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title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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citation: "42 U.S.C. § 14942"
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release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 14942 - Documents of other Convention countries

## Text

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.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective DateSection 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 Pub. L. 106–279, set out as an Effective Dates; Transition Rule note under section 14901 of this title.