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Amend the bill in Part B in section 2 in subsection 3-A by striking out all of paragraph A (page 3, lines 24 and 25 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘A. With respect to subsection 3, paragraph B, subparagraph (1), the background and qualities of a prospective adoptive parent who is not already the parent of the child; and’
Amend the bill by striking out all of Part C.
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the majority report of the committee. It clarifies that when the parent of a child is petitioning with that parent's spouse to adopt the child as a couple, often referred to as a stepparent adoption, the court is required to make findings about the background and qualities of the prospective adoptive parent, also referred to as the stepparent, and not the person who is already the child's parent.
This amendment strikes out all of Part C, which proposes post-adoption contact for siblings separated by adoption.