42-2-502. Expected child -- filing of petition indicating intent to release or consent to adoption.
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42-2-502 . Expected child -- filing of petition indicating intent to release or consent to adoption.
(1)A pregnant individual may file a petition with the court indicating the intention to place an expected child for adoption.
(2)The petition must include the following information:
(a)the individual's intent to release the expected child for adoption;
(b)the approximate date and location of conception;
(c)the expected date of delivery;
(d)any information concerning the identity and whereabouts of any putative or presumed father of the expected child; and
(e)in a situation in which there is a presumed father, the grounds upon which the individual relies in contending that the nonexistence of the father and child relationship can be established in an action brought under 40-6-107 .
(3)The petition may allege more than one putative or presumed father.
(4)The petition must be signed by the petitioner and notarized.