Ohio House Approves Adoption Bill

The Ohio Senate is now considering a House-passed bill designed to make adoptions cheaper and quicker.The bill raises the tax credit for an adoption from 15 hundred to 10 thousand dollars and allows parents to spread the credit over five years. It also allows the biological mother to notify the father before birth that she plans to give the child up for adoption. The father would have 30 days to give his consent. If there is no pre-birth notification, the period for the father to register is reduced from 30 days after birth to seven days. The period in which an adoption could be challenged is also reduced from one year to 60 days.