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IntroducedFeb 28, 2025
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Signed into Law
Contracts for Postadoption Contact; Defines "legal relative"; authorizes certain parties to enter into written contract for postadoption contact that permits contact between adopted child & his or her legal relatives; provides that certain contract provisions are unenforceable; requires that postadoption contract include certain statements; authorizes any party to such contract to file contract with court; requires court to make contract part of final adoption order; provides that continuing validity of adoption is not contingent upon compliance with terms of contract; authorizes & providing requirements for enforcement, modification, or termination of contract; prohibits enforcement of contract in certain circumstances; provides for automatic termination of contract in certain circumstances.
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House • Mar 27, 2025: Now in Human Services Subcommittee
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Comments on HB 1537
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- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Now in Human Services Subcommittee
- Mar 25, 2025 | House
- Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
- Mar 05, 2025 | House
- Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Referred to Human Services Subcommittee
- Referred to Judiciary Committee
- Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- Mar 04, 2025 | House
- 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- Feb 28, 2025 | House
- Filed