H293 - Adoption Law Changes (SL 2015-54)

Overview: S.L. 2015-54 makes various clarifying and technical changes under the laws pertaining to adoption. Among other things, the act provides that certain adoptions are subject to the Hague Adoption Convention, addresses jurisdictional requirements, modifies the times for taking certain actions, and provides that a preplacement assessment is not required in an independent adoption when a prospective adoptive parent is one of the specified relatives.

The provisions of this act that modify times for taking certain actions became effective June 4, 2015, and apply to proceedings filed after that date. The remainder of this act became effective June 4, 2015.