HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1123        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1661

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to DNA requirements for adoption..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.Chapter 210 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 3B, the following section: --

Section 3C. DNA Requirements: A blood relative petitioner requesting return custody of child of custodial age who is legally adopted by a non-biological petitioner, in conforming to all requirements of chapter 210, shall provide evidence of his or her biological connection to the child in the form of a DNA test.  The court shall require such test to be at the expense of the petitioner in question.

SECTION 2.  This Act shall be known as the Sarah Joy Act.