H.P. 515 - L.D. 722
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §9-308, §(b), ¶(2), as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §7 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:
(2) The capacity and disposition of the adopting person or persons, the biological parent or biological parents or the putative father to educate and give the adoptee love, affection and guidance and to meet the needs of the adoptee, taking into account the adoptee's cultural, ethnic or racial background. An adoption may not be delayed or denied solely because the adoptive parent and the child do not share the same race, color or national origin; and
Effective September 18, 1999, unless otherwise indicated.
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