Each child-placing agency or the department shall be required to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information provided for in section 45a-746 for each child being placed for adoption or for whom there is a probability of adoption, but the lack of such information shall not be a bar to the granting of a decree of adoption, provided the child-placing agency or department has made a reasonable effort to obtain the information. If the judge of probate decides that a reasonable effort has not been made to obtain the information or that the information is being unreasonably withheld, the judge may order the child-placing agency or department to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information or to release the information. Any child-placing agency or department aggrieved by the order may appeal to the Superior Court.(P.A. 77-246, S. 5; P.A. 80-476, S. 163; P.A. 87-555, S. 6; P.A. 96-130, S. 26.)History: P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions; P.A. 87-555 deleted provision re appeal to adoption records review board and substituted provision re appeal to superior court; Sec. 45-68g transferred to Sec. 45a-748 in 1991; P.A. 96-130 inserted 'child-placing' before 'agency'. Each child-placing agency or the department shall be required to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information provided for in section 45a-746 for each child being placed for adoption or for whom there is a probability of adoption, but the lack of such information shall not be a bar to the granting of a decree of adoption, provided the child-placing agency or department has made a reasonable effort to obtain the information. If the judge of probate decides that a reasonable effort has not been made to obtain the information or that the information is being unreasonably withheld, the judge may order the child-placing agency or department to make a reasonable effort to obtain the information or to release the information. Any child-placing agency or department aggrieved by the order may appeal to the Superior Court.(P.A. 77-246, S. 5; P.A. 80-476, S. 163; P.A. 87-555, S. 6; P.A. 96-130, S. 26.)History: P.A. 80-476 rephrased provisions; P.A. 87-555 deleted provision re appeal to adoption records review board and substituted provision re appeal to superior court; Sec. 45-68g transferred to Sec. 45a-748 in 1991; P.A. 96-130 inserted 'child-placing' before 'agency'.
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