CHAPTER 2.  PREPLACEMENT APPROVAL OF ADOPTIVE

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Art. 1171.  Prior approval of private adoptive placement; exceptions

Except when the child is the stepchild, grandchild, sibling, niece, or nephew of one of the prospective adopting parents, no child who is the subject of a private adoption shall be placed in the home of the prospective adoptive parents prior to their either obtaining a current certification for adoption, as provided for in Articles 1171 through 1173, or by their obtaining a current order of a court of competent jurisdiction approving the adoptive placement, as provided for in Articles 1175 through 1177.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §12, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2003, No. 567, §1.