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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Adoption Act. To a list of disclosures required to be made to the adoptive parents, adds facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a request or efforts were made regarding continued contact or an open adoption.
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Deletes the language adding facts and circumstances relating to the nature and cause of the adoption, information regarding how adoptive parents were identified, and whether a request or efforts were made regarding continued contact or an open adoption. Adds instead to the list of required disclosures: the reason or reasons the birth parent or parents stated for placing the child for adoption; how and why the adoptive parent or parents were selected and who selected the adoptive parent or parents; and whether the birth parent or parents requested or agreed to post-adoption contact with the child at the time of placement, and, if so, the frequency and type of contact.
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