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adoption. Withdrawal of consent shall thereafter be pro-
hibited, unless permitted by the Court at a hearing at which
all parties to the adoption proceedings are given an oppor-
tunity to be heard.

Minority of a natural parent shall not be a bar to such
parent's consent to adoption, and the adoption shall not there-
by be invalidated.

85H. (Notice.) Due notice of pending adoption proceedings
shall be given immediately upon the filing of a petition by sum-
mons, order of publication or otherwise, as the Court may order
to be given to any person or persons whose consent is necessary
thereto. Provided, however, that any party or parties who
have formally given their consent to the proposed adoption, as
provided elsewhere in this sub-title, shall be held thereby to
have waived the requirement of notice to them under the pro-
visions of this section. Provided further, however, that in no
event shall a consent executed by a natural mother before the
end of the first thirty days of the child's life constitute a
waiver of the requirement of notice provided for in this sec-
tion.

85-I. (Investigation.) Upon the filing of a petition, except
in those cases in which the Court shall have such intimate and
personal knowledge of the facts and circumstances as to enable
it to determine the matter without the aid of an investigation
or, unless a report by one of the agencies hereinafter men-
tioned is filed with the petition, the Court may direct the
State Department of Public Welfare, or one of its local units,
or a child placement agency licensed by the State Department
of Public Welfare, or in its discretion may direct its own
Probation Department or other officer or appointee of the
Court:

(1) To make an investigation—

(a) of the truth of the allegations of the petition;

(b) of the former environment, antecedents and assets,
if any, of the person to be adopted, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether such person is a proper subject for
adoption;

(c) of the home of the petitioner or petitioners, to de-
termine whether the home is a suitable one for such
person;

(d) of any other circumstances and conditions which
may have a bearing on the adoption and of which the
Court should have knowledge;