Introduced
by
To clarify in the <a href="http://archive.legislature.mi.gov/documents/1999-2000/billanalysis/House/pdf/1999-HLA-5543-B.pdf">“Safe Delivery of Newborns Law”</a> that if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent who has agreed to surrender his or her rights to a child has done so willingly, and that reasonable efforts were made to locate the nonsurrendering parent, the parental rights termination order may be made as long as a custody action has not been filed.
Referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 36 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Families and Childrens Services
Passed in the House 99 to 0 (details)
To clarify in the <a href="http://archive.legislature.mi.gov/documents/1999-2000/billanalysis/House/pdf/1999-HLA-5543-B.pdf">“Safe Delivery of Newborns Law”</a> that if a court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that a parent who has agreed to surrender his or her rights to a child has done so willingly, and that reasonable efforts were made to locate the nonsurrendering parent, the parental rights termination order may be made as long as a custody action has not been filed.
