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(B) IF A CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY DETERMINES THAT ADOPTION IS
IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD AS DESCRIBED UNDER THIS
SECTION, THE CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY SHALL FILE A WRITTEN REPORT
WITH THE COURT AND PROVIDE NOTICE OF THE PETITION FOR TERMINATION
OF THE NATURAL PARENT'S RIGHTS TO EACH NATURAL PARENT OF THE
CHILD.

(C) THE CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY SHALL MAIL THE NOTICE
REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION TO EACH NATURAL PARENT AT THE LAST
ADDRESS OF THE NATURAL PARENT KNOWN TO THE CHILD PLACEMENT
AGENCY.

(D) THE WRITTEN REPORT REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL.

(1) BE FILED WITH THE COURT; AND

(2) STATE THE REASONS FOR ANY DELAY IN THE PETITION
FOR TERMINATION OF THE NATURAL PARENT'S RIGHTS.

(E) ON RECEIPT OF A CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY'S REPORT OF A
DELAY IN A PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF A NATURAL PARENT'S RIGHTS,
THE COURT SHALL:

(1) REVIEW THE REPORT;

(2) AFTER THE NOTICE REQUIRED UNDER THIS SECTION,
HOLD A HEARING; AND

(3) TAKE ANY ACTION THE COURT CONSIDERS APPROPRIATE
IN THE CHILD'S BEST INTEREST.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1987.

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 282

(House Bill 590)

AN ACT concerning

Family Law - Petitions for Adoption or Guardianship -
Procedure - Notice

FOR the purpose of providing that, if a petition for guardianship
is filed after a juvenile proceeding which results in
certain adjudications, a petitioner shall give certain
notice to the attorney who represented a natural parent in

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