23.8042.01000
Sixty-eighth
Legislative Assembly SENATE BILL NO. 2080
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Human Services Committee
(At the request of the Department of Health and Human Services)
1 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 14-15-11 of the North Dakota
2 Century Code, relating to a licensed child-placing agency investigation.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
4 SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Subsection 2 of section 14-15-11 of the North Dakota Century
5 Code is amended and reenacted as follows:
6 2. An investigation must be made by a licensed child-placing agency to inquire into the
7 conditions and antecedents of a minor sought to be adopted and of the petitioner for
8 the purpose of ascertaining whether the adoptive home is a suitable home for the
9 minor and whether the proposed adoption is in the best interest of the minor. The
10 licensed child-placing agency shall obtain and consider the foster care assessment of
11 an applicant who is also a licensed, certified, or approved family foster home for
12 children in the manner prescribed by the department.
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Statutes affected:
INTRODUCED: 14-15-11
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Prichard: 14-15-11, 27-20.3-24
Adopted by the Conference Committee: 14-15-11, 27-20.3-24
Enrollment: 14-15-11, 27-20.3-24