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2007 SESSION
HB 1985 Adoption laws; technical changes.
Introduced by: David J. Toscano | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Adoption laws. Provides that a birth father, including one married to the birth mother, may consent to the termination of all of his parental rights prior to the birth of the child and that an executed denial of paternity by the putative father is sufficient to rebut the presumption that he is the father. The court is allowed to dispense with requirements regarding filing of the birth father's identifying information in certain instances. The bill provides that if a birth parent or legal guardian executing a consent, entrustment, or other document related to the adoption, cannot provide the identification required by a notary the birth parent may execute a self-authenticating affidavit as to his identity. Reduces from 21 to 15 days the amount of time a father has to object to an entrustment after notice to make it consistent with provisions changed in 2006. The bill allows a court to waive certain procedural provisions with regard to the spouse of an adoptive parent where the procedural provisions apply only to one adoptive parent. No notice or consent is required of any birth parent of a child whose adoption was finalized in a foreign country or for whom a guardianship order was granted when the child was approved by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for purposes of adoption. When there has been an interstate transfer of the child in a parental placement adoption all matters relating to the adoption of the child including, but not limited to, custody and parentage shall be determined in the court of appropriate jurisdiction in the state that was approved for finalization of the adoption by the interstate compact authorities. Clarifies that if the putative father's identity is reasonably ascertainable, he must be noticed as the Putative Father Registry dictates. The background check requirement is waived for a birth parent who revokes an entrustment or placement agreement. A number of the changes conform the law to changes made during the 2006 Session. This bill is identical to SB 1041.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 076062525 pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077218525-H1 pdf
- 01/31/07 House: Printed as engrossed 077218525-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070590820-S1 pdf
- 03/08/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1985ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/05/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/05/07 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 076062525
- 01/05/07 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/18/07 House: Referred from Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
- 01/18/07 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/26/07 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/07 House: Committee substitute printed 077218525-H1
- 01/30/07 House: Read first time
- 01/31/07 House: Read second time
- 01/31/07 House: Committee substitute agreed to 077218525-H1
- 01/31/07 House: Amendment by Delegate Toscano agreed to
- 01/31/07 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1985EH1
- 01/31/07 House: Printed as engrossed 077218525-EH1
- 02/01/07 House: Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/07 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/02/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/07 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/07 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Committee substitute printed 070590820-S1
- 02/20/07 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/20/07 Senate: Motion to reconsider Passed by for the day agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/07 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/21/07 Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/07 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/21/07 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 070590820-S1
- 02/21/07 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1985S1
- 02/21/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: VOTE: (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/07 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/07 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (3-Y 89-N)
- 02/22/07 House: VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 89-N)
- 02/22/07 House: Reconsideration of Senate substitute agreed to by House
- 02/22/07 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/07 House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (92-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/07 House: Enrolled
- 03/08/07 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1985ER)
- 03/08/07 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/11/07 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/20/07 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 623 (effective 7/1/07)
- 04/05/07 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)