42-2-502: Expected child -- filing of petition indicating intent to release or consent to adoption.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 42. ADOPTION
- CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD
- Part 5. Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights
(1) A pregnant individual may file a petition with the court indicating the intention to place an expected child for adoption.
(2) The petition must include the following information:
(a) the individual's intent to release the expected child for adoption;
(b) the approximate date and location of conception;
(c) the expected date of delivery;
(d) any information concerning the identity and whereabouts of any putative or presumed father of the expected child; and
(e) in a situation in which there is a presumed father, the grounds upon which the individual relies in contending that the nonexistence of the father and child relationship can be established in an action brought under 40-6-107.
(3) The petition may allege more than one putative or presumed father.
(4) The petition must be signed by the petitioner and notarized.
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