Adoption; various changes to procedures. (HB445)
Introduced By
Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville)
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Description
Adoption procedures. Makes various changes to adoption procedures including: establishing a process for review of a decision by the Commissioner of Social Services to grant or deny a variance from criteria for approval as an appropriate adoptive home; establishing a procedure for review of petitions filed for the purpose of obtaining a juvenile and domestic relations district court's assistance with the execution of consent to an adoption when the consent is executed pursuant to the laws of another state; expanding the option of venue for consent hearings in parental placement adoptions to any city or county in the Commonwealth; amending requirements for parental consent to an adoption to eliminate the need for parental consent in cases in which a birth parent has, without just cause, neither visited nor contacted the child for a period of six months prior to the initiation of any proceeding related to the adoption, receipt by the birth parent of notification of the availability of the Putative father Registry, or receipt by the birth parent of a written communication requesting the birth parent's consent to the adoption; amending requirements related to granting of adoption when consent is withheld or unobtainable to allow a court to grant such adoptions in cases in which notice of the petition for adoption was made by certified or registered mail; adding language setting forth requirements for establishment of a date of birth for a child adopted from a foreign country; amending requirements related to revocation of an entrustment agreement to provide that after seven days of execution of a valid entrustment agreement, the agreement may only be revoked upon written consent of the child-placing agency having custody of the child; and amending requirements related to revocation of consent to an adoption to provide that in cases in which a birth parent has previously revoked consent to an adoption and subsequently consents to another adoption, the birth parent may only revoke such consent upon proof of fraud or duress. The bill also clarifies requirements for adoption of a child by the spouse of a birth or adoptive parent and makes changes to the process of registering with the Putative Father Registry. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/10/2012 | Committee |
01/10/2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100043D |
01/10/2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/13/2012 | Assigned Courts sub: Civil |
01/27/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB445) |
01/30/2012 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) |
02/03/2012 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2012 | Committee substitute printed 12104680D-H1 |
02/07/2012 | Read first time |
02/08/2012 | Read second time |
02/08/2012 | Committee substitute agreed to 12104680D-H1 |
02/08/2012 | Amendment by Delegate Toscano agreed to |
02/08/2012 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB445EH1 |
02/08/2012 | Printed as engrossed 12104680D-EH1 |
02/09/2012 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
02/09/2012 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB445EH1) |
02/10/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/10/2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/22/2012 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/24/2012 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/27/2012 | Read third time |
02/27/2012 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/27/2012 | Committee amendments agreed to |
02/27/2012 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/27/2012 | Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2012 | Placed on Calendar |
02/29/2012 | Senate amendments agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) |
02/29/2012 | VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/05/2012 | Enrolled |
03/05/2012 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB445ER) |
03/05/2012 | Impact statement from DPB (HB445ER) |
03/05/2012 | Signed by Speaker |
03/07/2012 | Signed by President |
03/30/2012 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 424 (effective 7/1/12) |
03/30/2012 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0424) |