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IN HB1376
Bill
Status
1/16/2018
Primary Sponsor
Steven Stemler
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AI Summary
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Preserves grandparent visitation rights when a grandchild is adopted by stepparents or biologically related family members (grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews).
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Removes the requirement that grandparents petition for visitation before an adoption decree is entered.
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Eliminates the requirement to notify grandparents of pending adoptions by family members.
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Repeals IC 31-19-4.5-1.5, which previously limited grandparent adoption notices to visitation issues only.
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Effective July 1, 2018.
Legislative Description
Grandparent visitation rights and adoption notice. Provides that a grandparent's right to seek visitation with a grandchild survives the grandchild's adoption by certain family members. (Current law provides that visitation rights of a grandparent survive a grandchild's adoption by certain family members.) Removes a provision that requires a grandparent to petition for visitation with a grandchild before the date a decree of adoption is entered. Removes the requirement that a grandparent be notified of a grandchild's pending adoption by a family member. Repeals a provision regarding the notice to a grandparent of a grandchild's pending adoption by a family member.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
1/16/2018