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| 2 | 2 | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3233 FILED ON: 5/14/2024 | |
| 3 | 3 | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2835 | |
| 4 | 4 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 5 | 5 | _________________ | |
| 6 | 6 | PRESENTED BY: | |
| 7 | 7 | Cynthia Stone Creem | |
| 8 | 8 | _________________ | |
| 9 | 9 | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General | |
| 10 | 10 | Court assembled: | |
| 11 | 11 | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: | |
| 12 | 12 | An Act relative to adoptions. | |
| 13 | 13 | _______________ | |
| 14 | 14 | PETITION OF: | |
| 15 | 15 | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Cynthia Stone CreemNorfolk and Middlesex 1 of 1 | |
| 16 | 16 | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3233 FILED ON: 5/14/2024 | |
| 17 | 17 | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2835 | |
| 18 | 18 | By Ms. Creem, a petition (accompanied by bill) (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Cynthia Stone | |
| 19 | 19 | Creem for legislation relative to adoptions outside of the Commonwealth. The Judiciary. | |
| 20 | 20 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 21 | 21 | _______________ | |
| 22 | 22 | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court | |
| 23 | 23 | (2023-2024) | |
| 24 | 24 | _______________ | |
| 25 | 25 | An Act relative to adoptions. | |
| 26 | 26 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority | |
| 27 | 27 | of the same, as follows: | |
| 28 | 28 | 1 Section 2 of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, | |
| 29 | 29 | 2is hereby amended by striking out lines 47 to 49, inclusive, and inserting in place thereof the | |
| 30 | 30 | 3following paragraph:- | |
| 31 | 31 | 4 Any surrender given outside of the commonwealth shall be valid for the purpose of this | |
| 32 | 32 | 5section if it was taken in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth or the laws of the place | |
| 33 | 33 | 6where it was executed. |