Art. 1279.2.  Legislative findings

The legislature finds:

1.  It is in the best interest of a foster child who is adoption-eligible to be placed in a permanent adoptive family as soon as practicable.

2.  The state has an interest in decreasing the delays in finalizing adoptions in order to facilitate permanent adoption and family cohesion.

Acts 2013, No. 66, §1, eff. May 31, 2013.