TITLE 42. ADOPTION

CHAPTER 4. PLACEMENTS FOR ADOPTION

Part 3. Stepparent Adoption

Consent To Adoption

42-4-303. Consent to adoption. (1) Upon the filing of the petition for adoption by the stepparent, the child's custodial parent shall file consent to adoption executed pursuant to 42-4-304.

(2) If the child has attained 12 years of age, the child shall consent to the adoption.

History: En. Sec. 114, Ch. 480, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 257, L. 1999.