TITLE 42. ADOPTION

CHAPTER 5. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Part 1. Dispositional Hearing and Adoption Decree

Removal Of Child From State

42-5-108. Removal of child from state. Before a decree of adoption is issued, a petitioner may not remove the child from the state for more than 30 consecutive days without the permission of:

(1) the court if the child was placed directly for adoption; or

(2) the department or the agency that placed the child for adoption.

History: En. Sec. 133, Ch. 480, L. 1997.