Adoption, Minor Adoption Code and Adult Adoption Code revised, procedures related to investigations, service of notice, and revocation of consent further provided for, duties of Department of Human Resources further provided for

SB 94 revises the Minor Adoption Code and Adult Adoption Code, affecting individuals involved in both minor and adult adoptions. The bill allows courts to waive certain investigation requirements for household members aged 14 and older if good cause is demonstrated by an investigator's affidavit. For minor adoptions, adoptees 14 and older can elect to retain their current legal name, and the bill clarifies inheritance rights, generally shifting them from biological to adoptive parents. Additionally, it outlines specific conditions for consent in adult adoptions, such as kinship or a multi-year parent-child-like relationship, and addresses name change provisions for adult adoptees.