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OH HB92
Bill
Status
Passed
9/30/2011
Primary Sponsor
Carlton Weddington
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AI Summary
- Expands adult adoption eligibility to include adults who are children of the petitioner's spouse, with adult consent required
- Allows adoption of adults who had established a kinship caregiver relationship with the petitioner as a minor
- Permits adoption of adults who were in planned permanent living arrangements with public children services or private child placing agencies at age 18
- Changes "and" to "or" in the totally/permanently disabled provision, allowing adoption of adults meeting either condition
- Extends exemption from adoptive placement requirements to grandparent's spouse, matching existing exemptions for stepparents and grandparents
Legislative Description
To allow an adult to be adopted if the adult is the child of the spouse of the adoption petitioner, is totally or permanently disabled, had established a kinship caregiver relationship with the petitioner, or was in a planned permanent living arrangement with a public children services or private child placing agency, and the adult consents to the adoption and to extend to a grandparent's spouse the exemption from certain adoptive placement requirements.
Adoption of adults
Last Action
Effective Date
9/30/2011
Full Bill Text
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