WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                    Ch. 283

(2) In an independent adoption, if the court is
satisfied by affidavit or testimony that the petitioner, after
reasonable efforts in good faith, cannot learn the identity or
location of a natural parent, the court may not waive the
requirement of notice to the natural parent, but the court shall:

(i) order notice by publication; or

(ii) if the court finds the petitioner to be
indigent, order notice by posting.

(c) If a person is notified under this section and fails to
[intervene] FILE NOTICE OF OBJECTION within the time stated in
the show cause order[,]:

(1)  the court shall consider the [requirement of
consent by that] person WHO IS NOTIFIED TO HAVE CONSENTED to the
adoption or to the guardianship [to be waived]; AND

(2)  THE PETITION SHALL BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER
AS A PETITION IN WHICH CONSENT HAS BEEN GRANTED.

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

Approved May 14, 1987.

CHAPTER 283

(House Bill 937)

AN ACT concerning

Decree of Adoption Without Consent of Natural
Parent - Considerations

FOR the purpose of requiring a court to consider whether
additional services would be likely to bring about certain
parental adjustment within a specific period of time in a
proceeding for a decree of adoption without the consent of a
natural parent; requiring a court to consider certain
services offered to the natural parent in a determination of
a certain proceeding for a decree of adoption; authorizing a
court to waive certain obligations of a child placement
agency under certain circumstances; providing for the
construction and application of this Act; and generally
relating to the requirement that a court consider certain
factors in a proceeding for a decree of adoption without the
consent of a natural parent.

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