Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 42-3-101 - Duty to disclose information - form - availability - filing(1) Except for an adoption proceeding by a stepparent, in any adoption under this title, a birth parent, the department, or an agency shall provide a prospective adoptive parent with social and medical histories of the birth families, including tribal affiliation, if applicable.(2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the birth family social and medical histories must be completed on a form provided by the department and filed with the court when the adoption petition is filed.(3) The department shall make a form available to agencies and court administrators for public distribution.En. Sec. 81, Ch. 480, L. 1997.