Section 400.209 - Committed children; adoption, marriage, emancipation; consent by superintendent; preliminary consent denial review process.
MICHIGAN CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE (EXCERPT)
Act 220 of 1935
400.209 Committed children; adoption, marriage, emancipation; consent by superintendent; preliminary consent denial review process.
Sec. 9.
(1) The superintendent of the institute is authorized to consent to the adoption, marriage, or emancipation of any child who may have been committed to the institute, according to the laws for the adoption, marriage, or emancipation of minors. On such adoption, marriage, or emancipation, the child so adopted, married, or emancipated shall cease to be a ward of the state.
(2) On the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, the family independence agency shall discontinue the Michigan children's institute preliminary consent denial review process.
History: 1935, Act 220, Imd. Eff. June 8, 1935 ;-- Am. 1944, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1944 ;-- CL 1948, 400.209 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 470, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2004