SSL

Question 1

The sole purpose of notice under this section shall be to enable the person served pursuant to subdivision two to present evidence to the court relevant to the best interests of the child. In any proceeding upon the ground that the child is a permanently neglected child, a person served may only appear and present evidence at the dispositional hearing.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Notice shall be provided to the following individuals of any proceeding initiated involving dependent children in foster care, Guardianship and custody of children in foster care, Guardianship and custody of destitute or dependent children involving a child born out of wedlock.

Answer 2

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Question 3

Notice shall not be given to:
1. any person who has been convicted of one or more of the following sexual offenses in this state or convicted of one or more offenses:

rape in first or second degree;
course of sexual conduct against a child in the first degree;
predatory sexual assault; or
predatory sexual assault against a child.

Answer 3

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Question 4

Notice shall be given to:

1. any person adjudicated by a court in this state to be the father of the child;
2. any person adjudicated by a court of another state or territory of the United States to be the father of the child, when a certified copy of the court order has been filed with the putative father registry;
3. any person who has timely filed an unrevoked notice of intent to claim paternity of the child;
4. any person who is recorded on the child’s birth certificate as the child’s father;
5. any person who is openly living with the child and the child’s mother at the time the proceeding is initiated or at the time the child was placed in the care of an authorized agency, and who is holding himself out to be the child’s father;
6. any person who has been identified as the child’s father by the mother in written, sworn statement;
7. any person who was married to the child’s mother within 6 months following the birth of the child and prior to the execution of a surrender instrument or the initiation of a proceeding pursuant to §384-b; and
8. any person who has filed with the putative father registry an instrument acknowledging paternity of the child

Answer 4

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Question 5

***Notice under this section shall be given at least _________ prior to the proceeding by delivery of a copy of the petition and notice to the person.

Answer 5

20 days

Question 6

If personal service cannot be effected at the person’s last known address with reasonable effort, notice may be given, without prior court order, at least ______ prior to the proceeding by registered or certified mail directed to the person’s last known address or, where the person has filed a notice of intent to claim paternity to the address last entered.

Answer 6

20 days

Question 7

Notice by publication (SHALL/SHALL NOT) be required to be given to a person entitled to notice pursuant to the provisions of this section.***

Answer 7

SHALL NOT

Question 8

A person can waive his right to notice under this section by a ____________.

Answer 8

WRTTEN INSTRUMENT

Question 9

The notice shall inform them of the time, date, place and purpose of the proceeding and shall also tell such persons that their failure to appear shall constitute a denial of their interest in the child, of which may result, without further notice, in the transfer or commitment of the child’s care, custody or guardianship or adoption in this or any subsequent proceeding in which such care, custody, guardianship, or adoption may be at issue.

Answer 9

xx