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House approves amendment and passage of H.98 to clarify notice in confirmatory adoptions
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Summary
The Vermont House amended and passed H.98, an act relating to confirmatory adoptions, after Representative Malone offered an amendment clarifying notice and consent requirements when nonmarital parents may have a claim to parentage. A committee had previously found the amendment favorable 7-0-4.
The Vermont House on Thursday amended and then passed House Bill 98, an act relating to confirmatory adoptions, after approving an amendment to clarify notice and consent procedures when a nonmarital parent may have a legal claim to parentage.
Representative Malone, the member from South Burlington, told the House the amendment was drafted to make clearer when a court must find that someone petitioning for a confirmatory adoption has shown there is no other person with a legal claim to parentage or, if there is such a person, that person has been notified and, where necessary, has consented. "We felt that there needed to be some clarity as far as what the notice requirement was," Malone said, adding the amendment lays out the process for notification and consent in those rare instances when consent is required.
Malone told members the committee voted 7-0-4 to find the amendment favorable. The House adopted the amendment by voice vote and later approved the bill on third reading by voice vote; recorded roll-call counts were not specified in the transcript.
The amendment and passage complete the House's action on H.98 for the day. The bill text as introduced and the amendment language were available on the House overview webpage and in paper copies at the main table, the member said.
No other changes or further floor debate were recorded in the transcript before the passage vote.
