(a)(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the first degree if in exchange for consenting to the person's or another person's placing a baby who is not yet born for adoption the person offers anything of value prohibited or not permitted under § 9-9-206 to the:(A) Biological mother of the baby who is not yet born;(B) Biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born;(C) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological mother of the baby who is not yet born; or(D) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born.(2) Unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the first degree is a: (A) Class A felony if the person uses duress, coercion, undue influence, intimidation, a threat, fraud, or physical force to influence an individual listed in subdivisions (a)(1)(A)-(D) of this section to allow the person or another person to place the baby who is not yet born for adoption; or(B) Class C felony if otherwise committed.(b)(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the second baby who is not yet born for adoption; or(B) Class C felony if otherwise committed.(b)(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the second degree if in exchange for consenting to the person's adopting a baby who is not yet born the person offers anything of value prohibited or not permitted under § 9-9-206 to the: (A) Biological mother of the baby who is not yet born;(B) Biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born;(C) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological mother of the baby who is not yet born; or(D) Spouse, partner, or other relative of the biological or putative father of the baby who is not yet born.(2) Unlawful solicitation for the relinquishment of parental rights in the second degree is a: (A) Class D felony if the person uses duress, coercion, undue influence, intimidation, a threat, fraud, or physical force to influence an individual listed in subdivisions (b)(1)(A)-(D) of this section to consent to the person's or another person's adopting the baby who is not yet born; or(B) Class A misdemeanor if otherwise committed.Amended by Act 2019, No. 1022,§ 2, eff. 7/24/2019.
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