1. (1) A pregnant individual may file a petition with the court indicating the intention to place an expected child for adoption.

2. (2) The petition must include the following information:

   1. (a) the individual's intent to release the expected child for adoption;
   2. (b) the approximate date and location of conception;
   3. (c) the expected date of delivery;
   4. (d) any information concerning the identity and whereabouts of any putative or presumed father of the expected child; and
   5. (e) in a situation in which there is a presumed father, the grounds upon which the individual relies in contending that the nonexistence of the father and child relationship can be established in an action brought under 40-6-107.
3. (3) The petition may allege more than one putative or presumed father.
4. (4) The petition must be signed by the petitioner and notarized.

History: En. Sec. 58, Ch. 480, L. 1997.