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the birth parent or parents and the maintenance of birth-family | | history would be in the best interests of the prospective adoptee. |
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| | | (c)__In determining if the agreement is in the best interests | | of the prospective adoptee, the court shall consider the | | following factors as favoring communication between the | | prospective adoptee and the birth parent or parents: |
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| | | (1)__Whether the prospective adoptee and birth parent or | | parents lived together for a substantial period of time; |
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| | | (2)__Whether the prospective adoptee exhibits attachment or | | bonding to the birth parent or parents; and |
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| | | (3)__Whether the adoption is a foster-parent adoption when | | the birth parent or parents have relinquished the | | prospective adoptee due to an inability to adequately parent | | the prospective adoptee. |
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| | | (d)__If the court approves the agreement, the birth parent or | | parents are entitled to notice of the adoption proceedings to the | | extent authorized by the terms of the agreement. |
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| | | §9-504.__Failure to comply with court order; effect |
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| | | Failure to comply with the terms of an order entered pursuant | | to section 9-503 is not grounds for setting aside an adoption | | decree, for revocation of a written consent to adoption after the | | consent has been approved by the court, or for revocation of a | | relinquishment of parental rights after the relinquishment has | | been accepted in writing by the court as provided in Title 22, | | section 4055, subsection 1, paragraph B, subparagraph (1). |
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| | | §9-505.__Enforcement of order; modification; exceptional |
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| | | An order entered pursuant to section 9-503 may be enforced by | | a civil action, and the prevailing party may be awarded, as part | | of the costs of the action, reasonable attorney's fees.__The | | court may not modify an order issued under section 9-503 unless | | it finds that the modification is necessary to serve the best | | interests of the adoptee and: |
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| | | (a)__The modification is agreed to by the adoptive parent or | | parents and the birth parent or parents; or |
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| | | (b)__Exceptional circumstances have arisen since the order was | | entered that justify modification of the order. |
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