S.1046 / H.1975 (Sen. Creem; Rep. Sabadosa)
Codifies that an adoption outside MA shall be valid per MA law or laws where it was executed. Corrects a recent judicial interpretation prohibiting a MA form use by out-of-state birth parents unless signed in MA. (Leads include CLM)
- There are over 3,000 youth in Massachusetts with a goal of adoption
- The recent court ruling leaves room for the adoption process to be more arduous than necessary in the Commonwealth
- This bill allows for more timely resolutions to the obstacles involved in the adoption process
STATUS: Senate bill referred to Senate Ways and Means by the Joint Committee on the Judiciary where the House bill sits
SPONSORS
House: Sabadosa, Armini, Bahill, DuBois, Flanagan, Garballey, Gentile, Higgins, Kane, Lewis, Linksy, MacGregor, McKenna, Rausch, Reid, Scarsdale, Sena, Stanley, Tarr, Uyterhoeven, Worrell
Senate: Creem, Lewis, Keenan, Comerford, O'Connor, Stanley, Moore, Barrett, Tarr, Fernandes, Rausch