40-8-117. Placement for adoption by parent -- adoption by relative -- requirements. A parent may relinquish parental rights for the purposes of adoption of a child to the child's stepparent or a member of the child's extended family. The relinquishment must be executed voluntarily and in accordance with 40-6-135(2) through (4). The relinquishment may be executed at any time, except that a birth mother may not execute a relinquishment before the child is 72 hours old.

     History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 684, L. 1991.