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Committee backs bill to allow simultaneous adoptions in child-welfare cases
Summary
Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10-21 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. The bill would allow simultaneous terminations and adoptions in certain child-welfare cases to shorten the time to permanency; sponsors said the change implements practice prior to a 2020 Idaho Supreme Court interpretation.
Boise — The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee on Wednesday voted to send Senate Bill 10-21 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation. The measure would permit the Department of Health and Welfare to pursue “simultaneous adoptions” — terminating parental rights and finalizing an adoption at the same proceeding — in cases where a parent has agreed to relinquish parental rights.
Jared Larson, Legislative and…
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