Additionally, this act requires the consenting parent to notify any other custodial parent or guardian in writing prior to the securing of the informed written consent of the minor and one parent or guardian. Notice shall not be required for a parent or guardian: (1) who has been found guilty of specified crimes or is listed on the sexual offender registry; (2) against whom an order of protection has been issued; (3) whose custodial, parental, or guardianship rights have been terminated by a court; or (4) whose whereabouts are unknown, who is a fugitive, who is habitually intoxicated or drugged, or who has been declared mentally incompetent or incapacitated.
This act is identical to HB 1383 (2018) and substantially similar to provisions in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/SCS/HB 126 (2019), SB 375 (2017), HB 326 (2017), and HB 1370 (2016).
SARAH HASKINS
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