INFANT ADOPTION                                                                              H.B. 4647 (S-1):

                                                                                          SUMMARY OF SUBSTITUTE

                                                                                                   BILL IN COMMITTEE

House Bill 4647 (Substitute S-1)

Sponsor:  Representative Margaret E. O'Brien

House Committee:  Families, Children, and Seniors

Senate Committee:  Families, Seniors and Human Services

Date Completed:  2-26-14

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Michigan Adoption Code to allow a court, three months after formal placement, to enter an order of adoption for a child less than one year old at the time a petition for adoption was filed, unless the court determined that circumstances made adoption undesirable. 

The Code generally requires a six-month period between formal placement of an adoptee and the issuance of a court order of adoption.  The bill's provision would be an exception to this requirement.

(Formal placement generally refers to the termination of existing parental rights and the assignment of rights to the adoptive parents.)

The bill would take effect 180 days after the date it was enacted.

MCL 710.56                                                                     Legislative Analyst:  Jeff Mann

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

                                                                                      Fiscal Analyst:  John Maxwell

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.