Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is not provided in the official metadata or text excerpts, so it cannot be confirmed when this change begins.
AB-1449: Changing Time Limits for Adoption Court Filings
This law shortens the deadline for prospective adoptive parents to file an adoption request with a court after signing an agreement when a child is taken into temporary custody from a hospital.
What This Bill Does
- Changes the time limit for filing an adoption request from 10 working days to 7 working days after signing an adoption placement agreement.
- Keeps the rule that requires parents to file either an adoption request or a guardianship petition, whichever deadline comes first.
Who It Names or Affects
- Prospective adoptive parents in independent adoptions involving children taken into temporary custody from hospitals.
- Courts receiving these filing requests and petitions.
Terms To Know
- Temporary custody
- When a peace officer takes care of a child for a short time because releasing them to an adoptive parent poses immediate danger at a hospital.
- Adoption placement agreement
- A signed document that starts the process, after which parents must file court papers within 7 working days.
- Guardianship petition
- A formal request to a court asking for legal responsibility over a child instead of adoption, due within 30 calendar days of hospital discharge.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state when this law will officially take effect.
- The source describes the change in time limits but does not explain why the deadline was shortened.