(7) For the biological father any parent other than the biological mother, legal and counseling expenses related to the consent, the surrender and release and the adoption process; and

Sec. D-12. 18-A MRSA §9-306, sub-§§(b) and (c), as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §7 and affected by Pt. E, §2, are amended to read:

(b) Prior to the dispositional hearing pursuant to section 9- 308, the petitioner shall file a full accounting of all disbursements of anything of value made or agreed to be made by or on behalf of the petitioner in connection with the adoption. The accounting report must be signed under penalty of perjury and must be submitted to the court on or before the date the final decree is granted. The accounting report must be itemized and show the services related to the adoption or to the placement of the adoptee for adoption that were received by the adoptee's biological parents, by the adoptee or on behalf of the petitioner. The accounting must include the dates of each payment and the names and addresses of each attorney, physician, hospital, licensed child-placing agency or other person or organization who received funds or anything of value from the petitioner in connection with the adoption or the placement of the adoptee with the petitioner or participated in any way in the handling of the funds, either directly or indirectly. This subsection does not apply when one of the petitioners is a blood relative or the adoptee is an adult.

(c) Payment for expenses allowable under subsection (a), if provided, may not be contingent upon any future decision a biological parent might make pertaining to the child. Other expenses or payments to biological parents are not authorized.

Sec. D-13. 18-A MRSA §9-307, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §7 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

§9-307. Adoption not granted

If the court determines that it is unable to finalize an adoption to which biological the parents have consented, the court shall notify the biological all living parents that the court has not granted the adoption and shall conduct a review pursuant to section 9-205.