of termination of parental rights and duties, including the
obligation of support. The original consent or consents to the
adoption shall be attached to the petition.
[(b) Hearing.--Upon presentation of a petition filed
pursuant to this section, the court shall fix a time for a
hearing which shall not be less than ten days after filing of
the petition. Notice of the hearing shall be by personal service
or by registered mail or by such other means as the court may
require upon the consenter and shall be in the form provided in
section 2513(b) (relating to hearing). Notice of the hearing
shall be given to the other parent or parents, to the putative
father whose parental rights could be terminated pursuant to
subsection (c) and to the parents or guardian of a consenting
parent who has not reached 18 years of age. The notice shall
state that the consenting parent's or putative father's rights
may be terminated as a result of the hearing. After hearing,
which shall be private, the court may enter a decree of
termination of parental rights in the case of a relinquishment
to an adult or a decree of termination of parental rights and
duties, including the obligation of support, in the case of a
relinquishment to an agency.]
(c) Putative father.--If a putative father will not execute
a consent to an adoption as required by section 2711, has been
given notice of the hearing being held pursuant to [this
section] section 2513 (relating to hearing) and fails to either
appear at that hearing for the purpose of objecting to
termination of his parental rights or file a written objection
to such termination with the court prior to the hearing and has
not filed an acknowledgment of paternity or claim of paternity
pursuant to section 5103 (relating to acknowledgment and claim
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