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Legislative Update

Child services matters

March 13, 2026 Filed Under: Family

H.E.A. 1257, P.L. 84-2026

Effective: July 1, 2026

Provides that a court may grant postadoption contact privileges to the birth parent of a child if the child is at least one year of age (rather than two years of age, under current law).

Read the bill at: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1257/

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: adoption

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