1/5/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [8] Id. [9] Id. [10] Id. at 40-41. [11] SEC. 32. Duty of Court. The court, after finding that the petition is sufficient in form and substance and a proper case for inter-country adoption, shall immediately transmit the petition to the Inter-Country Adoption Board for appropriate action. (A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC, effective August 22, 2002.) [12] SEC.30. Where to File Application. The application shall be filed with the Board through the Central Authority or an accredited Foreign Adoption Agency (FAA) in the country where the applicant resides. Foreigners who file a petition for adoption in the Philippines under the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998 otherwise known as RA 8552, the Court, after finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance and a proper case for inter-country adoption, shall immediately transmit the petition to the Board for appropriate action. The Board shall then act on the application following the procedures described in these Rules. [13] Republic Act No. 8043. [14] Rollo, p. 41. [15] Id. at 48. [16] Id at 49. [17] Id. at 49-50. [18] Id at 52; Re: Domestic Adoption by Foreigners Habitually Residing in the Philippines dated June 1, 2018, issued by the DSWD. [19] Id. at 49. [20] Id. at 53. [21] Id. at 9. [22] See id at 30. [23] Id at 30. [24] Id. at 10. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65992 12/13