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RSA 170-B:1 · Purpose

Title
XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter
170-B · ADOPTION
Status
current
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170-B:1 Purpose. – The general court hereby declares its conviction that the policies and procedures for adoption contained in this chapter are necessary and desirable, having as their purpose the threefold protection of:

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I.

The adoptive child, from unnecessary separation from the child's birth parents and from adoption by parents who should not have such responsibility. This protection also includes the protection of the child from a birth parent attempting to surrender his or her parental rights and responsibilities without a pending legitimate adoption of the child first being filed with the court or in the case of an adoption facilitated by the department or an agency, without an adoption first being contemplated.

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The birth parent or parents, from hurried and coerced decisions to give up the child.

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The adoptive parent or parents and ensuring them an undisturbed relationship with the child from and after the date of adoption. Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:1, eff. July 30, 2006.

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Source note

Source. 2004, 255:1. 2006, 200:1, eff. July 30, 2006.

Source history

  • 2004, 255:1
  • 2006, 200:1, eff. July 30, 2006

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Bill relationships

  • 2026 HB1376 amend

    constitute endangering the welfare of a child under this section. 4 New Paragraphs; Assessment for Adoptions; Best Interest of the Child; Recognition of Biological Sex. Amend RSA 170-B:18 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraphs: I-a. The department or a licensed child-placing agency shall not consider an adoptive or prospective adoptive parent's refusal, unwillingness, or lack of

  • 2026 SB142 reference · effective 2026-01-01

    RSA 169-F. (g) Review of dispositional orders in juvenile cases under RSA 169-G. (h) The interstate compact on the placement of children under RSA 170-A. (i) Adoption under RSA 170-B. (j) Termination of parental rights under RSA 170-C. (k) Child day care, residential care, and child-placing agencies under RSA 170-E. (l) Services for children, youth, and families under RSA 170-G. (m) Parole o

  • 2026 SB142-FN reference · effective 2026-01-01

    RSA 169-F. (g) Review of dispositional orders in juvenile cases under RSA 169-G. (h) The interstate compact on the placement of children under RSA 170-A. (i) Adoption under RSA 170-B. (j) Termination of parental rights under RSA 170-C. (k) Child day care, residential care, and child-placing agencies under RSA 170-E. (l) Services for children, youth, and families under RSA 170-G. (m) Parole o

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