The South Carolina Petition for Domestication of Foreign Adoption is a legal document that is used when a foreign adoption needs to be recognized in the state of South Carolina. This petition is filed with the probate court in the county in which the adoptive parents reside, and it allows the court to enter a final order of adoption for the foreign adoption. It is a two-step process and requires the adoptive parents to provide the court with the necessary documents to prove their eligibility to adopt. The types of South Carolina Petition for Domestication of Foreign Adoption are: 1. Direct Placement Domestication Petition: This is used when the adoptive parent(s) have already adopted the child abroad and are seeking to finalize the adoption in South Carolina. 2. Agency Placement Domestication Petition: This is used when an agency has placed a foreign-born child with the adoptive parent(s) in South Carolina, and they are seeking to finalize the adoption in South Carolina. 3. Step-Parent Domestication Petition: This is used when a step-parent is seeking to legally adopt the child of their spouse and the child was born abroad. 4. Relative Domestication Petition: This is used when a relative (aunt, uncle, grandparent, etc.) is seeking to legally adopt a child born abroad and the child is related to the adoptive parent(s).