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Pennsylvania

• The parents or surviving parent.
• The guardian or custodian.
• The husband or former husband of the natural mother unless there is proof that he is not the natural father.

• The adoptee is 18 years or older.
• The parent of a newborn fails to maintain contact for 4 months.
• The father of a child conceived through incest or rape.
• Parental rights have been terminated.
• Parent has failed to perform parental duties.
• There is repeated and continued abuse or neglect.
• The parent is the presumptive but not natural father of the child.
• The child is in the custody of an agency because the whereabouts of the parents are unknown.
• The child has been removed from the parent for 6 months.

• Consent may not be executed until at least 72 hours after the child's birth.
• A putative father may execute a consent at any time after receiving notice of the expected or actual birth of the child.

• Sections 23 Pa. §§ 2501-2505 deal with voluntary relinquishment to an agency or directly to prospective adopters; provide for court hearings to approve relinquishments or court approval of consents executed out of court.
• There are also procedures for when parents do not petition for relinquishment within 40 days of executing consent, and making counseling available. The contents of out of court consents are detailed.
• Consent shall include the date and place of its execution and names, addresses, and signatures of at least two witnesses and their relationship to the consenter.