2nd Sub. H.B. 256
         ADOPTION RECORDS ACCESS AMENDMENTS

Senate Committee Amendments

Amendment 5 March 5, 2014 8:38 PM



Representative Jim Nielson proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 13a, Lines 392am through 393
    House Floor Amendments
    3-3-2014 :    

             392am           [(6)] (7) A signature described in Subsection (1)(b), (1)(c), (2)(a), or (2)(b), shall be:
             392an          (a) notarized; or
             392ao          (b) witnessed by two individuals who are not members of the birth mother's or the signatory's
             392ap      immediate family.
  (8) (a) At the beginning of the adoption process, a person authorized by a child-placing agency to take consents or relinquishments under Subsection (1)(c) or (2)(a) shall notify the birth mother that adoption documents shall be made available for inspection and copying in accordance with Subsection 78B-6-141(3), unless the birth mother declines to permit identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying.

(b) If the birth mother declines to permit identifying information to be made available for inspection and copying, the person authorized by a child-placing agency to take consents or relinquishments under Subsection (1)(c) or (2)(a) shall assist the birth mother with filing a written document that states the birth mother's refusal in accordance with Subsection 78B-6-141(3).  


             393           [Section 8.] Section 9. .H Section 78B-6-141 is amended to read:

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