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House approves adoption-related bill clarifying rights of putative fathers
Summary
The House passed House Bill 11-74 to clarify rights of fathers of children born to unmarried mothers and to modernize statutory language, passing the bill 65-5 on final passage.
The House approved House Bill 11-74, a measure the sponsor described as a cleanup and clarification of statutes governing the rights and obligations of a father of a child born to an unmarried mother.
Representative Hughes, who explained the bill, said it modernizes statutory language by removing the phrase "illegitimate child" and clarifies how a putative father can publicly acknowledge a child. Under the bill, voluntary contribution to the child's financial support or daily care and publicly…
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