The 188th General Court of
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Session Laws
CHAPTER 244 AN ACT RELATIVE TO PETITIONS DISPENSING WITH PARENTAL CONSENT IN CERTAIN ADOPTIONS.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same,
as follows:
Paragraph (b) of section 3 of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- A temporary or permanent custody decree shall not be a requirement to the filing of such petition.