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Committee backs bill to restore simultaneous adoptions for child-welfare cases after 2020 Idaho Supreme Court ruling

2332214 · February 5, 2025
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Senate Bill 10-21 would allow simultaneous termination of parental rights and adoption in some Department of Health and Welfare child-welfare cases, restoring a practice limited by a 2020 Idaho Supreme Court interpretation. The committee sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.

The Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10-21 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a brief presentation by Jared Larson of the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The bill would permit “simultaneous adoptions” in certain child-welfare cases — allowing termination of parental rights and adoption to proceed at the same hearing when parents agree — restoring a practice limited by a 2020 Idaho…

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