Sec.45a-728-10. Financial affidavits

(a) The birth mother shall sign a sworn financial affidavit on a form prescribed by the Probate Court containing such information as may be required concerning any payments or gratuities already made or promised to be made on her behalf, directly or indirectly, in connection with the freeing of her child for adoption. Such affidavit shall also state that no payments have been made or promised to her or, to the best of her knowledge, to any other person by any person(s) involved in the adoption except as provided by these regulations. The affidavit shall also include any additional information required by the prescribed form. Such affidavit shall be submitted to the placing agency prior to the placement of the child with the prospective adoptive parents. Such affidavit shall also be submitted to the Probate Court together with the application for approval of the adoption agreement.

(b) The adoptive parent(s) shall sign a sworn financial affidavit on a form prescribed by the Probate Court containing such information as may be required concerning any payments or gratuities already made or promised, directly or indirectly, in connection with the placement of a child with them for adoption, including attorney fees, if any. Such affidavit shall be submitted to the child placing agency (which will be the statutory parent of said child) no later than the date of placement. The affidavit shall also include any additional information prescribed by the form. The affidavit shall be updated to include any payments made or promised to be made prior to or subsequent to placement and filed with the Probate Court together with the application for approval of the adoption agreement.

(c) A duly authorized representative of the child placing agency or the department placing the child for adoption shall sign a sworn affidavit on a form prescribed by the Probate Court containing such information as may be required concerning all payments or gratuities received by the agency from the prospective adoptive parent(s) in connection with the adoption and all expenditures made by the agency on behalf of the birth parent(s), prospective adoptive parent(s), or any other person or group of persons associated in any way with the adoption. This affidavit shall be updated to include any such payments made or promised to be made prior to or subsequent to placement and filed with the Probate Court together with the application for approval of the adoption agreement.

(Effective December 22, 1994)