RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 148 (HB 280) 2017 Regular Session Marino
Existing law provides that when a married couple adopts a child, a petitioning party may be
recorded on the child's birth certificate even if that petitioning party dies prior to the entry
of the final judgment of adoption.
New law permits a step-parent filing for adoption of a child who was married to the legal
parent of the child to keep the legal parent's name on the child's birth certificate even if the
legal parent dies prior to the step-parent filing for adoption of the child.
New law provides for retroactive application to June 1, 2016, as well as prospective
application.
Effective August 1, 2017.
(Amends R.S. 40:79(A)(2)(a))