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Authorizing the waiver of preplacement investigations and reports in certain adoption proceedings
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2025
- Done: House committeeFebruary 6, 2025
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 314
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 314 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 314 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Courts can now skip certain background investigations and reports before an adoption if the person asking to adopt is already the child's legal guardian. To qualify, the guardian must have been looking after the child for a specific number of months and followed all their legal duties. Currently, these investigations can only be skipped if the person adopting is a close relative.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the waiver of preplacement investigations and reports in certain adoption proceedings. The bill authorizes a juvenile court or court to waive a preplacement investigation and report for an adoption if the adoption petitioner is the current legal guardian for the person to be adopted and has been for the consecutive months immediately preceding the date the adoption petition was H.F. _____ filed. The petitioner must have complied with the duties and responsibilities of a guardian for those consecutive months. Current law only authorizes the court to waive a preplacement investigation and report if the adoption petitioner is related to the person to be adopted within the fourth degree of consanguinity.
House subcommittee
Named January 17, 2025. On January 28, 2025 it recommended passage.
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