Maine's General Adoption Statutes
Maine
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: Tit. 18-A, § 9-304
- • Department of Human Services
- • Child placement agency
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Statute: Tit. 18-A, § 9-304
- • Entire medical, genetic, psychological, and
developmental history
- • History of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse
- • Immunizations and health care received
- • Conditions and antecedents of the child
Contents of Report About Birth Parents Statute: Tit. 18-A, §
9-304
- • Medical and genetic information
- • Drugs taken during pregnancy
- • Hereditary predispositions
- • Drug or alcohol abuse
- • Medical, psychological, and social history
Contents of Report About Adoptive Parents Statute: Tit. 18-A, §
9-304
- • Screening for child abuse
- • Criminal history check
- • Suitability
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