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House committee advances bill to speed confirmatory adoptions for families formed by assisted reproduction
Summary
The Vermont House heard detailed second-reading debate on H.98, which would create an expedited adoption procedure to confirm parentage for families formed through assisted reproduction and remove some traditional adoption requirements; the committee recommended amendments and the measure was ordered to a third reading after a voice vote.
Representative Malone, the member from South Burlington, presented House Bill 98 on the House floor as an amendment-recommended, expedited procedure to confirm parent–child relationships for families formed through assisted reproduction.
The bill would add a new section to Vermont’s adoption statutes (title 15 A) to let parents already recognized under the Vermont Parentage Act obtain an adoption decree without the full set of traditional adoption requirements such as home inspections and separate background checks. Malone told members the change is intended to protect families when they move across state lines and to reduce the time, cost and intrusiveness of the traditional adoption process for parents who already…
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