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Introduced
03/29/2021
03/29/2021
In Committee
03/29/2021
03/29/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2022
12/31/2022
Introduced Session
192nd General Court
Bill Summary
Relative to the adoption of certain children. The Judiciary.
AI Summary
This bill aims to promote efficiency in co-parent adoptions. It allows spouses who have had a child through assisted reproduction, as well as unmarried parents in a presumptive parentage relationship, to petition for adoption of the child without certain requirements normally necessary for adoption. Specifically, the bill exempts these petitioners from in-person hearings, home studies, criminal background checks, and minimum residency periods. As long as the petitioners submit a complete petition with the required documents, the court must grant the adoption within 30 days, establishing or affirming the petitioners' legal parentage of the child.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (25)
Kay Khan (D)*,
Jo Comerford (D),
Josh Cutler (D),
Mindy Domb (D),
Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D),
Colleen Garry (D),
Carmine Gentile (D),
Jessica Giannino (D),
Ken Gordon (D),
Tami Gouveia (D),
Natalie Higgins (D),
David LeBoeuf (D),
Jack Lewis (D),
David Linsky (D),
Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D),
Mike Moore (D),
Alice Peisch (D),
Becca Rausch (D),
Dave Rogers (D),
Lindsay Sabadosa (D),
Dan Sena (D),
Tom Stanley (D),
Steve Ultrino (D),
Erika Uyterhoeven (D),
Tommy Vitolo (D),
Last Action
Accompanied a new draft, see H4715 (on 04/21/2022)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1712 |
| Bill | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1712.pdf |
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