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Louisiana Adoption Laws, Page 8

Use of Advertising and Facilitators in Adoptive Placements

Use of Advertisement

Statute: Rev. Stat. § 46:1425(A)

  • It shall be unlawful for any person other than a licensed child-placing agency or a Louisiana-based crisis pregnancy center to advertise through print or electronic media that it will adopt children or assist in the adoption of children.

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Use of Intermediaries/Facilitators

Statute: Rev. Stat. § 14:286(B)-(C)

  • The payment or receipt of anything of value for the procurement or assistance in the procurement of a party to an act of voluntary surrender of a child for adoption is prohibited.
  • No petitioner, agency, attorney or other intermediary shall make any payment in connection with an adoptive placement other than for reasonable expenses.

Credits: Child Welfare Information Gateway (http://www.childwelfare.gov)

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