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| To amend section 3107.02 of the Revised Code to allow | 1 |
| an adult to be adopted if the adult is the child | 2 |
| of the spouse of the adoption petitioner, is | 3 |
| totally or permanently disabled, had established a | 4 |
| kinship caregiver relationship with the | 5 |
| petitioner, or was in a planned permanent living | 6 |
| arrangement with a public children services or | 7 |
| private child placing agency, and the adult | 8 |
| consents to the adoption. | 9 |
| Section 1. That section 3107.02 of the Revised Code be | 10 |
| amended to read as follows: | 11 |
| Sec. 3107.02. (A) Any minor may be adopted. | 12 |
| (B) An adult may be adopted under any of the following | 13 |
| conditions: | 14 |
| (1) If the adult is totally | 15 |
| (2) If the adult is determined to be a mentally retarded | 16 |
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person
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| (3) If the adult had established a child-foster caregiver, | 18 |
| kinship caregiver, or child-stepparent relationship with the | 19 |
| petitioners as a minor, and the adult consents to the adoption; | 20 |
| (4) If the adult was, at the time of the adult's eighteenth | 21 |
| birthday, in the permanent custody of or in a planned permanent | 22 |
| living arrangement with a public children services agency or a | 23 |
| private child placing agency, and the adult consents to the | 24 |
| adoption; | 25 |
| (5) If the adult is the child of the spouse of the | 26 |
| petitioner, and the adult consents to the adoption. | 27 |
| (C) When proceedings to adopt a minor are initiated by the | 28 |
| filing of a petition, and the eighteenth birthday of the minor | 29 |
| occurs prior to the decision of the court, the court shall require | 30 |
| the person who is to be adopted to submit a written statement of | 31 |
| consent or objection to the adoption. If an objection is | 32 |
| submitted, the petition shall be dismissed, and if a consent is | 33 |
| submitted, the court shall proceed with the case, and may issue an | 34 |
| interlocutory order or final decree of adoption. | 35 |
| (D) Any physical examination of the individual to be adopted | 36 |
| as part of or in contemplation of a petition to adopt may be | 37 |
| conducted by any health professional authorized by the Revised | 38 |
| Code to perform physical examinations, including a physician | 39 |
| assistant, a clinical nurse specialist, a certified nurse | 40 |
| practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Any written | 41 |
| documentation of the physical examination shall be completed by | 42 |
| the healthcare professional who conducted the examination. | 43 |
| (E) An adult who consents to an adoption pursuant to division | 44 |
| (B)(4) of this section shall provide the court with the name and | 45 |
| contact information of the public children services agency or | 46 |
| private child placing agency that had permanent custody of or a | 47 |
| planned permanent living arrangement with that adult. The | 48 |
| petitioner shall request verification from the agency as to | 49 |
| whether the adult was or was not in the permanent custody of or | 50 |
| in a planned permanent living arrangement with that agency at the | 51 |
| time of the adult's eighteenth birthday and provide the | 52 |
| verification to the court. | 53 |
| (F) As used in this section: | 54 |
| (1) "Kinship caregiver" has the same meaning as in section | 55 |
| 5101.85 of the Revised Code. | 56 |
| (2) "Mentally retarded person" has the same meaning as in | 57 |
| section 5123.01 of the Revised Code. | 58 |
| (3) "Permanent custody" and "planned permanent living | 59 |
| arrangement" have the same meanings as in section 2151.011 of the | 60 |
| Revised Code. | 61 |
| Section 2. That existing section 3107.02 of the Revised Code | 62 |
| is hereby repealed. | 63 |