Prospective adoptive parents may participate in the labor and birth of the child identified for adoption and may visit with such newborn child, provided the birth mother, the child-placing agency and her physician agree and such participation and visitation are consistent with the medically necessary procedures of the hospital.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 45a-728a
Participation in birth and visitation of newborn identified for adoption by prospective adoptive parents
(P.A. 91-252, S. 2; P.A. 96-130, S. 14.) History: P.A. 96-130 changed “adoption” to “child-placing” agencies.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.