New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:1 – Purpose
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The general court hereby declares its conviction that the policies and procedures for adoption contained in this chapter are necessary and desirable, having as their purpose the threefold protection of:
I. The adoptive child, from unnecessary separation from the child’s birth parents and from adoption by parents who should not have such responsibility. This protection also includes the protection of the child from a birth parent attempting to surrender his or her parental rights and responsibilities without a pending legitimate adoption of the child first being filed with the court or in the case of an adoption facilitated by the department or an agency, without an adoption first being contemplated.
II. The birth parent or parents, from hurried and coerced decisions to give up the child.
III. The adoptive parent or parents and ensuring them an undisturbed relationship with the child from and after the date of adoption.
I. The adoptive child, from unnecessary separation from the child’s birth parents and from adoption by parents who should not have such responsibility. This protection also includes the protection of the child from a birth parent attempting to surrender his or her parental rights and responsibilities without a pending legitimate adoption of the child first being filed with the court or in the case of an adoption facilitated by the department or an agency, without an adoption first being contemplated.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:1
- Agency: means any person licensed by existing law to place minors for adoption. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:2
- Child: means a son or daughter, whether by birth or by adoption. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:2
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Court: means probate court. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:2
- Department: means the department of health and human services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:2
- Parent: means mother, birth father, legal father, or adoptive parent, but such term shall not include a parent as to whom the parent-child relationship has been terminated by judicial decree or voluntarily surrender. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:2
- Surrender: means the release of all parental rights, including but not limited to care, custody, and control of the child, by a parent, legal guardian, or agency. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 170-B:2
II. The birth parent or parents, from hurried and coerced decisions to give up the child.
III. The adoptive parent or parents and ensuring them an undisturbed relationship with the child from and after the date of adoption.