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Committee approves RS 32109 for print to require adoptive parents to cover counseling and legal services for birth mothers
Summary
Sen. Tammy Nichols presented RS 32109 to require adoptive parents to pay for specified pre- and post-placement counseling and to inform birth mothers of their right to legal counsel; the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send the draft to print.
Senator Tammy Nichols (District 10) presented RS 32109 to the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee, describing it as a revision to Idaho Code section 18-15-11 intended to strengthen supports for birth mothers during the adoption process.
Nichols said the draft would add two counseling periods paid by prospective adoptive parents: a pre-placement counseling…
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