§ 5-3B-12. Authority to place child for adoption

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   Except for a child being placed for adoption with a relative of the child, by blood or marriage within 4 degrees of affinity or consanguinity under the civil law rule, a parent or grandparent may place a child for adoption only if:

   (1) a petition for adoption is filed in court; and

   (2) the court, by order, sanctions the placement pending final action on the petition.

HISTORY: 2005, ch. 464, § 3; 2013, ch. 43.

                    
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