OLR
Report 2015-R-0286
summarizes Connecticut’s identified adoption laws.
An ‘‘identified adoption’’ is
one in which an unrelated child is identified for adoption by prospective
adoptive parents before the child’s placement in the home. Under the law, only the Department of Children and
Families (DCF) commissioner or a DCF-licensed or -approved child-placing agency
may place an identified child for adoption.
Placing a child for identified adoption in violation of the law or
assisting in such a placement is a class D felony, punishable by imprisonment for
up to five years, a fine up to $5,000, or both (CGS § 45a-729).
Identified adoption regulations
establish requirements that address:
1.
advertising by the birth parent, prospective adoptive parent, and child-placing
agency;
2.
prospective adoptive parents' home studies;
3.
activities in which the prospective adoptive parent may participate;
4. birth
parent counseling; and
5. payment of birth parent expenses by the prospective
adoptive parents (CGS §§ 45a-728 et. seq. and Conn. Agencies Regs. §§
45a-728-3, et. seq.).
The adoption process requires
the filing of an application and a written adoption agreement in the probate
court. Click here to read
more details concerning the specific requirements.
