Signed by Governor Spencer Cox

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends juvenile court orders related to adoption.

Highlights:

• Repeals provisions requiring a party in an adoption or child-welfare case to keep other parties and the appellate court informed of the party’s whereabouts (Sec. 1).

• Requires a party to an adoption or child-welfare related case to keep the party’s counsel informed of the party’s whereabouts after a juvenile court disposition (Sec. 1).

• Repeals the requirement that certain claims be made in an adoption or child welfare-related appeal (Sec. 1).

• Amends the appeals information that a juvenile court is required to provide a party at the conclusion of an adoption or child welfare-related case (Sec. 1).

• Amends other various technical and conforming changes (Sec. 1).

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