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Committee sends consented‑termination/adoption clarification to amending order
Summary
The committee voted to send Senate Bill 1021 to the amending order with a committee amendment clarifying the treatment of consented terminations, including when a child is in the Department of Health and Welfare's custody.
The House Health and Welfare Committee voted to send Senate Bill 1021 to the amending order with committee amendments that clarify how consented terminations of parental rights are handled when the Department of Health and Welfare is involved.
Representative Rasor, sponsor of the bill, said the measure restores a practice used in 2020 that allowed termination and adoption hearings to be compressed into a single proceeding in most cases,…
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