PETITION TO ADOPT MULTIPLE CHILDREN This bill provides that if petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time and the children are siblings who share at least one biological parent, then the petitioners may include all of the children in one petition to adopt unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed. The court clerk must only charge one filing fee for a petition for multiple children. PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS OF MULTIPLE CHILDREN This bill provides that if petitioners are seeking to adopt more than one child at the same time and the children are siblings who share at least one biological parent, then the petitioners may include all of the children in one petition to terminate parental rights, if filed separately from the adoption petition, unless the court issues a written order finding that it is in the best interest of the children that separate petitions be filed. The court clerk must only charge one filing fee for a petition for multiple children.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 36-1-116, 36-1-113(d), 36-1-113