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Sec. D-14. 18-A MRSA §9-308, sub-§(b), as amended by PL 1999, c. 78,
§1, is further amended to read:

 
(b) In determining the best interests of the adoptee, the
court shall consider and evaluate the following factors to give
the adoptee a permanent home at the earliest possible date:

 
(1) The love, affection and other emotional ties existing
between the adoptee and the adopting person or persons, the
biological parent or biological parents or the any putative
father parent;

 
(2) The capacity and disposition of the adopting person or
persons, the biological parent or biological parents or the
any putative father parent to educate and give the adoptee
love, affection and guidance and to meet the needs of the
adoptee. An adoption may not be delayed or denied because
the adoptive parent and the child do not share the same
race, color or national origin; and

 
(3) The capacity and disposition of the adopting person or
persons, the biological parent or biological parents or the
any putative father parent to provide the adoptee with food,
clothing and other material needs, education, permanence and
medical care or other remedial care recognized and permitted
in place of medical care under the laws of this State.

 
Sec. D-15. 18-A MRSA §9-308, sub-§(d), as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694,
Pt. C, §7 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
(d) Upon completion of an adoption proceeding, the biological
parents who consented to an adoption or who executed a surrender
and release must be notified of the completion by regular mail at
their last known address. Notice under this subsection is not
required to a biological parent who is also a petitioner. When
the biological parents' rights have been terminated pursuant to
Title 22, section 4055, the notice must be given to the
department and the department shall notify the biological parents
of the completion by regular mail at their last known address.
Actual receipt of the notice is not a precondition of completion
and does not affect the rights or responsibilities of adoptees or
adoptive parents.

 
Sec. D-16. 18-A MRSA §9-315, sub-§(b), as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694,
Pt. C, §7 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

 
(b) Notice of a petition to annul must be given to the
biological persons who were the adoptee's parents prior to the


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