When Notice of Adoption Proceeding Required

When Notice of Adoption Proceeding Required. (a) If a mother relinquishes or proposes to relinquish for adoption a child who has: (1) A presumed father under 8 CMC § 1704(a); (2) A father whose relationship to the child has been determined by a court; or (3) A father as to whom the child is a legitimate child under prior law of this Commonwealth or under the law of another jurisdiction, the father shall be given notice of the adoption proceeding and have the rights provided by title 8, division 1, chapter 4 [8 CMC § 1401 et seq.], or other law, unless the father’s relationship to the child has been previously terminated or determined by a court not to exist. Source: PL 4-38, § 24, modified.