3. Parent not entitled to participate in adoption proceedings. A Except as provided in Title 18-A, section 9-503, a parent whose rights have been terminated shall is not be entitled to notice of the child's adoption proceedings, nor shall he and does not have any right to object to the adoption or participate in the proceedings.

SUMMARY

This bill is modeled on the Nebraska law providing for continued contact between an adoptee and the adoptee's birth parents pursuant to an agreement entered into by the birth parents and the adoptive parents.

This bill creates the opportunity for parents of a child who is the subject of a child protective action to consent to the termination of their rights but continue to have contact with the child. The contact must be in accordance with an agreement entered into between the birth parents and the adoptive parents. The agreement is not enforceable unless the District Court that has jurisdiction over the child protective proceeding approves the agreement.

Failure to comply with the agreement does not affect the validity of the adoption. The order may be modified if the parties agree or if the court determines that exceptional circumstances have arisen since the order was entered that justify modification of the order.