32A-5-2. Purpose.
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The purpose of the Adoption Act is to:
A. establish procedures to effect a legal relationship between a parent and adopted child that is identical to that of a parent and biological child;
B. provide for family relationships that will give the adopted child protection and economic security and that will enable the child to develop physically, mentally and emotionally to the maximum extent possible; and
C. ensure due process protections.
History: 1978 Comp., § 32A-5-2, enacted by Laws 1993, ch. 77, § 129.