A child may be placed for adoption by:

1. A licensed child-placing agency; ¶

2. A local board; ¶

3. The child’s parent or legal guardian if the placement is a parental placement; and ¶

4. Any agency outside the Commonwealth that is licensed or otherwise duly authorized to place children for adoption by virtue of the laws under which it operates. ¶

History

This law has been modified 6 times since it was first created in 1978. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1985, chapter 285; in 1989, chapter 647; in 2000, chapter 830; in 2002, chapter 747; in 2004, chapter 815; in 2006, chapters 825, 848.