Supreme Court of Rhode Island February 6, 1997, 96-144-M.P. (In Re Jeramie N.)

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

The constitutionality of Rhode Island’s adoption statute and the jurisdiction of the Family Court are at issue in this case in which out-of-state residents have petitioned the Family Court to adopt a child from Rhode Island. Five questions of law have been certified to us by the Family Court pursuant to G.L.