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Relating to waiver of the placement investigations and reports related to the adoption of a minor by a minor’s legal guardian
Sponsored by the House Judiciary Committee
Topics:Courts & civil lawFamilies & human services
Same legislation: HF 59
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 18, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 26, 2023
- Done: House committeeFebruary 23, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 15, 202388–9
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 29, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Courts can skip some background checks and reports usually required during an adoption if certain rules are met. This applies when a person has already been the legal guardian of a child for at least three years. The guardian must also have already passed required criminal and abuse registry background checks.1
Read the official explanation
This bill provides that preplacement and postplacement investigations and reports generally required as part of the adoption process may be waived by the juvenile court or court when the person to be adopted is a minor, the adoption petitioner was appointed guardian of the minor at least three years prior to the filing of the adoption petition, and the adoption petitioner has undergone criminal record checks and checks of the child abuse, dependent adult abuse, and sex offender registries in the state as required for all minor guardianships.
Senate subcommittee
Named March 21, 2023. On March 23, 2023 it recommended passage. [].
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Tried before
This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None became law, though one got through a chamber.
- HF 2414 Relating to waiver of the placement investigations and reports related to the adoption of …89th General Assembly · Passed House · same titlePassed a chamber
- HF 2074 Relating to waiver of the placement investigations and reports related to the adoption of …89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 2414 · same titleCleared committee
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