HB-6010, As Passed House, July 6, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6010

                                                                             A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled                                             

"Probate code of 1939,"                                                     

by amending sections 21a, 22, 23a, 23d, 24, and 24a of chapter X            

(MCL 710.21a, 710.22, 710.23a, 710.23d, 710.24, and 710.24a),               

section 21a as added by 1982 PA 72, sections 22, 24, and 24a as             

amended by 1996 PA 409, section 23a as amended by 1994 PA 373,              

and section 23d as amended by 2004 PA 68.                                   

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1                               CHAPTER X                                       

2       Sec. 21a.  The general purposes of this chapter are:                        

3       (a) To provide that each adoptee in this state who needs                    

4   adoption services receives those services.                                  

5       (b) To provide procedures and services  which that will                    

6   safeguard and promote the best interests of each adoptee in need            

7   of adoption and  which that will protect the rights of all                 

1   parties concerned.  If conflicts arise between the rights of the            

2   adoptee and the rights of another, the rights of the adoptee                

3   shall be paramount.                                                         

4       (c) To provide prompt legal proceedings to assure that the                  

5   adoptee is free for adoptive placement at the earliest possible             

6   time.                                                                       

7   (d) To achieve permanency and stability for adoptive children               

8   as quickly as possible.                                                     

9       (e) To support the permanency of a finalized adoption by                    

10  allowing all interested parties to participate in proceedings               

11  regarding the adoptive child.

12      Sec. 22.  As used in this chapter:                                          

13      (a) "Adoptee" means the individual who is to be adopted,                    

14  regardless of whether the individual is a child or an adult.                

15      (b) "Adoption attorney" means an attorney acting as counsel                 

16  in a direct placement adoption who meets all of the following               

17  requirements:                                                               

18                                                                               (i) Has completed at least 12 hours of continuing education                         

19  in this state during the past 5 years in courses integrating the            

20  legal and social aspects of adoption.                                       

21      (ii) Maintains an up-to-date file of individuals licensed or                 

22  registered under either the public health code,  Act No. 368 of             

23  the Public Acts of 1978, being sections 333.1101 to 333.25211 of            

24  the Michigan Compiled Laws 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to                    

25  333.25211, or the occupational code,  Act No. 299 of the Public             

26  Acts of 1980, being sections 339.101 to 339.2721 of the Michigan            

27  Compiled Laws 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.101 to 339.2721, and agencies           

1   to whom referrals may be made for counseling services needed by             

2   an adoption client.                                                         

3       (iii) Has registered as an adoption attorney with the                        

4   children's ombudsman as provided in section 5 of the foster care            

5   and adoption services act,  Act No. 203 of the Public Acts of               

6   1994, being sections 722.951 to 722.960 of the Michigan Compiled            

7   Laws 1994 PA 203, MCL 722.951 to 722.960.                                  

8       (c) "Adult former sibling" means an individual who is 18                    

9   years of age or older and is related to an adult adoptee either             

10  biologically or through adoption by at least 1 common parent,               

11  regardless of whether the adult former sibling ever lived in the            

12  same household as the adult adoptee.                                        

13      (d) "Agency placement" means a placement in which a child                   

14  placing agency, the department, or a court selects the adoptive             

15  parent for the child and transfers physical custody of the child            

16  to the prospective adoptive parent.                                         

17      (e) "Attending practitioner" means a licensed physician or a                

18  registered professional nurse certified as a nurse midwife by the           

19  Michigan board of nursing.                                                  

20      (f) "Best interests of the adoptee" or "best interests of the               

21  child" means the sum total of the following factors to be                   

22  considered, evaluated, and determined by the court to be applied            

23  to give the adoptee permanence at the earliest possible date:               

24                                                                               (i) The love, affection, and other emotional ties existing                          

25  between the adopting individual or individuals and the adoptee              

26  or, in the case of a hearing under section 39 of this chapter,              

27  the putative father and the adoptee.                                        

1       (ii) The capacity and disposition of the adopting individual                 

2   or individuals or, in the case of a hearing under section 39 of             

3   this chapter, the putative father to give the adoptee love,                 

4   affection, and guidance, and to educate and create a milieu that            

5   fosters the religion, racial identity, and culture of the                   

6   adoptee.                                                                    

7       (iii) The capacity and disposition of the adopting individual                

8   or individuals or, in the case of a hearing under section 39 of             

9   this chapter, the putative father, to provide the adoptee with              

10  food, clothing, education, permanence, medical care or other                

11  remedial care recognized and permitted under the laws of this               

12  state in place of medical care, and other material needs.                   

13      (iv) The length of time the adoptee has lived in a stable,                   

14  satisfactory environment, and the desirability of maintaining               

15  continuity.                                                                 

16      (v) The permanence as a family unit of the proposed adoptive                

17  home, or, in the case of a hearing under section 39 of this                 

18  chapter, the home of the putative father.                                   

19      (vi) The moral fitness of the adopting individual or                         

20  individuals or, in the case of a hearing under section 39 of this           

21  chapter, of the putative father.                                            

22      (vii) The mental and physical health of the adopting                         

23  individual or individuals or, in the case of a hearing under                

24  section 39 of this chapter, of the putative father, and of the              

25  adoptee.                                                                    

26      (viii) The home, school, and community record of the                          

27  adoptee.                                                                    

1       (ix) The reasonable preference of the adoptee, if the adoptee                

2   is 14 years of age or less and if the court considers the adoptee           

3   to be of sufficient age to express a preference.                            

4       (x) The ability and willingness of the adopting individual or               

5   individuals to adopt the adoptee's siblings.                                

6       (xi) Any other factor considered by the court to be relevant                 

7   to a particular adoption proceeding, or to a putative father's              

8   request for child custody.                                                  

9       (g) "Born out of wedlock" means a child conceived and born to               

10  a woman who was not married from the conception to the date of              

11  birth of the child, or a child whom the court has determined to             

12  be a child born during a marriage but not the issue of that                 

13  marriage.                                                                   

14      (h) "Central adoption registry" means the registry                          

15  established by the department  pursuant to under section 27b of            

16  this chapter to control the release of identifying adoption                 

17  information.                                                                

18      (i) "Child" means an individual less than 18 years of age.                  

19      (j) "Child placing agency" means a private organization                     

20  licensed under  Act No. 116 of the Public Acts of 1973, being               

21  sections 722.111 to 722.128 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 1973             

22  PA 116, MCL 722.111 to 722.128, to place children for adoption.             

23      (k) "Consent" means a document in which all parental rights                 

24  over a specific child are voluntarily relinquished to the court             

25  for placement with a specific adoptive parent.                              

26                                                                               (l) "Court" means the family division of circuit court of                           

27  this state, or  when if the context requires, the court having             

1   jurisdiction over adoption in another state or country.                     

2       (m) "Department" means the family independence agency.                      

3       (n) "Direct placement" means a placement in which a parent or               

4   guardian selects an adoptive parent for a child, other than a               

5   stepparent or an individual related to the child within the fifth           

6   degree by marriage, blood, or adoption, and transfers physical              

7   custody of the child to the prospective adoptive parent.                    

8       (o) "Formal placement" means a placement that is approved by                

9   the court under section 51 of this chapter.                                 

10      (p) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation,                 

11  association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.                    

12      (q) "Petitioner", except as used in section 68b of this                     

13  chapter, means the individual or individuals who file an adoption           

14  petition with the court.                                                    

15      (r) "Placement" or "to place" means selection of an adoptive                

16  parent for a child and transfer of physical custody of the child            

17  to a prospective adoptive parent  pursuant according to this               

18  chapter.                                                                    

19  (s) "Prospective adoptive parent" means an individual who has               

20  filed a petition for adoption that has not yet been adjudicated.            

21      (t) "Relative" means an individual who is related to the                    

22  child within the fifth degree by marriage, blood, or adoption.

23  (u)  (s)  "Release" means a document in which all parental                  

24  rights over a specific child are voluntarily relinquished to the            

25  department or to a child placing agency.                                    

26  (v)  (t)  "Rescission petition" means a petition filed by an                

27  adult adoptee and his or her parent whose rights have been                  

1   terminated to rescind the adoption in which a stepparent acquired           

2   parental rights and to restore parental rights of that parent               

3   pursuant according to section 66 of this chapter.                         

4   (w)  (u)  "Suitable to be a parent of an adoptee" means a                   

5   conclusion that there is no specific concern with respect to an             

6   individual that would suggest that placement of any child, or a             

7   particular child, in the home of the individual would pose a risk           

8   of harm to the physical or psychological well-being of the                  

9   child.                                                                      

10  (x)  (v)  "Temporary placement" means a placement that occurs               

11  before court approval under section 51 of this chapter and that             

12  meets the requirements of section 23d of this chapter.                      

13  (y)  (w)  "Within the fifth degree by marriage, blood, or                   

14  adoption" means any of the following relationships:  parent,                

15  step-parent, grandparent, step-grandparent, brother,                        

16  step-brother, sister, step-sister, uncle, step-uncle, aunt,                 

17  step-aunt, first cousin, step-first cousin, great aunt,                     

18  step-great aunt, great uncle, step-great uncle, great                       

19  grandparent, step-great grandparent, first cousin once removed,             

20  step-first cousin once removed, great great grandparent,                    

21  step-great great grandparent, great great uncle, step-great great           

22  uncle, great great aunt, step-great great aunt, great great great           

23  grandparent, or step-great great great grandparent.                         

24      Sec. 23a.  (1) A parent or guardian having legal and                        

25  physical custody of a child may make a direct placement of the              

26  child for adoption by making a temporary placement under                    

27  section 23d of this chapter or a formal placement under                     

1   section 51 of this chapter.  A temporary placement becomes a                

2   formal placement when the court orders the termination of the               

3   rights of the parent or parents or the guardian and approves                

4   placement  pursuant to under section 51 of this chapter.  A                

5   formal placement under section 51 of this chapter  does is not             

6   have required to be preceded by a temporary placement.                    

7       (2) A parent or guardian shall personally select a                          

8   prospective adoptive parent in a direct placement.  The selection           

9   shall not be delegated.                                                     

10      (3) In a direct placement the prospective adoptive parent, an               

11  adoption attorney, or a child placing agency shall provide                  

12  information about a prospective adoptive parent to the parent or            

13  guardian before placement.  This information shall include the              

14  specific information contained in a preplacement assessment as              

15  described in section 23f of this chapter, and may include                   

16  additional information requested by the parent or guardian.  The            

17  information does not have to include identifying information                

18  described in section 27(3) of this chapter.  The parent or                  

19  guardian and the prospective adoptive parent shall determine                

20  whether to exchange identifying information and whether to meet             

21  each other.                                                                 

22      (4) A parent or guardian having legal and physical custody of               

23  a child may make a formal placement of the child for adoption               

24  under section 51 of this chapter with a stepparent or  an                   

25  individual who is related to the child within the fifth degree by           

26  marriage, blood, or adoption a relative.                                   

27  (5) The court may allow the child to attend his or her                      

1   adoption hearing held under this act.

2       Sec. 23d.  (1) In a direct placement, a parent or guardian                  

3   with legal and physical custody of a child may make a temporary             

4   placement of the child as prescribed by this section.  In an                

5   agency placement, a child placing agency with written                       

6   authorization from the parent or guardian as prescribed by                  

7   section 23b of this chapter may make a temporary placement of the           

8   child as prescribed by this section.  A temporary placement shall           

9   meet all of the following requirements:                                     

10      (a) The prospective adoptive parent with whom a child is                    

11  temporarily placed has had a preplacement assessment completed              

12  within 1 year before the date of the transfer with a finding that           

13  the prospective adoptive parent is suitable to be a parent of an            

14  adoptee.                                                                    

15      (b) In a direct placement, the parent or guardian is assisted               

16  by an adoption attorney or a child placing agency.                          

17      (c) In the presence of a witness who also signs the document,               

18  the parent, guardian, or representative of the child placing                

19  agency signs a statement evidencing the transfer of physical                

20  custody of the child.  If the parent making the temporary                   

21  placement is an unemancipated minor, the statement is not valid             

22  unless it is also signed in the presence of the witness by a                

23  parent or guardian of that minor parent.  The statement shall               

24  contain all of the following:                                               

25                                                                               (i) The date of the transfer of physical custody.                                   

26      (ii) Language providing that the transfer is for the purpose                 

27  of adoption by the prospective adoptive parent.                             

1       (iii) Language indicating that unless the parent or guardian                 

2   and the prospective adoptive parent agree otherwise, the                    

3   prospective adoptive parent has the authority to consent to all             

4   medical, surgical, psychological, educational, and related                  

5   services for the child and language indicating that the parent or           

6   guardian otherwise retains full parental rights to the child                

7   being temporarily placed and that the temporary placement may be            

8   revoked by the filing of a petition under subsection (5).                   

9       (iv) Language providing that the person making the transfer                  

10  has read a preplacement assessment of the prospective adoptive              

11  parent completed or updated within 1 year before the date of the            

12  transfer with a finding that the prospective adoptive parent is             

13  suitable to be a parent of an adoptee.  If a child placing agency           

14  makes the transfer of physical custody, the statement shall                 

15  include a verification that the child placing agency has given              

16  the parent or guardian who authorized the temporary placement an            

17  opportunity to review the preplacement assessment.                          

18      (v) Even if only 1 parent is making the temporary placement,                

19  the name and address of both parents of the child, including in             

20  the case of a child born out of wedlock, the name and the address           

21  of each putative father of the child, if known.                             

22      (d) In the presence of a witness who also signs the document,               

23  the prospective adoptive parent signs a statement setting forth             

24  the date of the transfer of physical custody and the name and               

25  address of the prospective adoptive parent and attesting to all             

26  of the following:                                                           

27                                                                               (i) That the prospective adoptive parent understands that the                       

1   temporary placement will not become a formal placement until the            

2   parents consent or release their parental rights and the court              

3   orders the termination of parental rights and approves the                  

4   placement and that the prospective adoptive parent must                     

5   relinquish custody of the child within 24 hours after being                 

6   served with an order under section 23e(2) of this chapter.                  

7       (ii) That, if the prospective adoptive parent is a Michigan                  

8   resident, the prospective adoptive parent agrees to reside with             

9   the child in Michigan until formal placement occurs.                        

10      (iii) That the prospective adoptive parent agrees to obtain                  

11  approval in compliance with the interstate compact on the                   

12  placement of children, 1984 PA 114, MCL 3.711 to 3.717, before              

13  the child is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought into            

14  a receiving state as that term is defined in section 1 of the               

15  interstate compact on the placement of children, 1984 PA 114, MCL           

16  3.711.                                                                      

17      (iv) That the prospective adoptive parent submits to this                    

18  state's jurisdiction.                                                       

19      (2) Not later than 2 days, excluding weekends and holidays,                 

20  after a transfer of physical custody of a child in accordance               

21  with subsection (1), the adoption attorney or child placing                 

22  agency who assists with the temporary placement or the child                

23  placing agency that makes the temporary placement shall submit to           

24  the court in the county in which the child's parent or guardian             

25  or the prospective adoptive parent resides, or in which the child           

26  is found, a report that contains all of the following:                      

27      (a) The date of the transfer of physical custody.                           

1       (b) The name and address of the parent or guardian or the                   

2   child placing agency who made the temporary placement.                      

3       (c) The name and address of the prospective adoptive parent                 

4   with whom the temporary placement was made.                                 

5       (d) Even if only 1 parent is making the temporary placement,                

6   the name and address of both parents of the child, including, in            

7   the case of a child born out of wedlock, the name of each                   

8   putative father, if known.                                                  

9       (e) The documents required under subsection (1)(c) and (d)                  

10  and, if applicable, the authorization required under section 23b            

11  of this chapter.                                                            

12      (3) Not later than 30 days after the transfer of physical                   

13  custody of a child under this section, the adoption attorney or             

14  child placing agency who assists with the temporary placement or            

15  the child placing agency that makes the temporary placement shall           

16  submit to the court that received the report described in                   

17  subsection (2) a report indicating whether or not 1 of the                  

18  following dispositions has occurred:                                        

19      (a) A petition for adoption of the child has been filed.                    

20      (b) The child has been returned to the agency or to a parent                

21  or other person having legal custody.                                       

22      (4) If the court has not received the report required under                 

23  subsection (3) within 45 days after the transfer of physical                

24  custody of a child, the court shall immediately investigate and             

25  determine whether an adoption petition has been filed or the                

26  child has been returned to a parent or other person having legal            

27  custody.  If the report required under subsection (3) or the                

1   court's investigation reveals that neither disposition has                  

2   occurred, the court shall immediately report to the prosecutor,             

3   who shall immediately file a petition in the court that received            

4   the report described in subsection (2) for disposition of the               

5   child as required by section 23e of this chapter.  If a petition            

6   has been filed under subsection (5), (6), or (7), the prosecutor            

7   is not required to file a petition.                                         

8       (5) A parent or guardian who wishes to regain custody of a                  

9   child who has been placed temporarily shall file a petition in              

10  the court that received the report described in subsection (2)              

11  requesting that the temporary placement be revoked and that the             

12  child be returned to the parent or guardian.  Upon request of the           

13  parent or guardian, the adoption attorney or child placing agency           

14  who assisted in making the temporary placement shall assist the             

15  parent or guardian in filing the petition to revoke the temporary           

16  placement.  If the temporary placement was made by a child                  

17  placing agency under section 23b(3) of this chapter, the child              

18  placing agency shall file the petition on behalf of a parent or             

19  guardian who wishes to regain custody of the child.                         

20      (6) If a prospective adoptive parent with whom a child has                  

21  been temporarily placed is either unwilling or unable to proceed            

22  with the adoption, the prospective adoptive parent may file a               

23  petition in the court that received the report described in                 

24  subsection (2) for disposition of the child as required by                  

25  section 23e of this chapter.                                                

26      (7) If a child placing agency that temporarily placed a child               

27  is unable to proceed with an adoption because of the                        

1   unavailability of a parent or guardian to execute a release, or             

2   if a child placing agency with legal custody of a child decides             

3   not to proceed with the adoption by a prospective adoptive parent           

4   with whom the child has been temporarily placed and the                     

5   prospective adoptive parent refuses upon the agency's request to            

6   return the child to the agency, the child placing agency shall              

7   file a petition in the court that received the report described             

8   in subsection (2) for disposition of the child as required by               

9   section 23e of this chapter.                                                

10      (8) Except as otherwise agreed to by the parties, the                       

11  prospective adoptive parent with whom a child is temporarily                

12  placed under this section may consent to all medical, surgical,             

13  psychological, educational, and related services for the child.             

14      (9) A hospital or attending practitioner shall not release a                

15  child to an individual or agency not otherwise legally entitled             

16  to the physical custody of the child unless all of the                      

17  requirements of subsection (1) are met.                                     

18  (10) A petition filed under this section shall be filed with                

19  the court of the county where the parent's parental rights were             

20  terminated or are pending termination.  If both parents' parental           

21  rights were terminated at different times and in different                  

22  courts, a petition filed under this section shall be filed in the           

23  court of the county where parental rights were first terminated.            

24  That court may transfer jurisdiction to another court in another            

25  county at the court's discretion.

26      Sec. 24.  (1) If a person desires to adopt a child or an                    

27  adult and to bestow upon the adoptee his or her family name, or             

1   to adopt a child or an adult without a change of name, with the             

2   intent to make the adoptee his or her heir, that person, together           

3   with his wife or her husband, if married, shall file a petition             

4   with the court of the county  in which the petitioner resides or            

5   where the adoptee is found where the parent's parental rights              

6   were terminated or are pending termination.  If both parents'               

7   parental rights were terminated at different times and in                   

8   different courts, a petition filed under this section shall be              

9   filed in the court of the county where parental rights were first           

10  terminated.  That court may transfer jurisdiction to another                

11  court in another county at the court's discretion. If there has             

12  been a temporary placement of the child, the petition for                   

13  adoption shall be filed with the court that received the report             

14  described in section 23d(2) of this chapter.                                

15      (2) The petition for adoption shall be verified by each                     

16  petitioner and shall contain the following information:                     

17      (a) The name, date and place of birth, and place of residence               

18  of each petitioner, including the maiden name of the adopting               

19  mother.                                                                     

20      (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), the name,               

21  date and place of birth, and place of residence if known of the             

22  adoptee.                                                                    

23      (c) The relationship, if any, of the adoptee to the                         

24  petitioner.                                                                 

25      (d) The full name by which the adoptee shall be known after                 

26  adoption.                                                                   

27      (e) The full description of the property, if any, of the                    

1   adoptee.                                                                    

2       (f) Unless the rights of the parents have been terminated by                

3   a court of competent jurisdiction or except as otherwise provided           

4   in subsection (5), the names of the parents of the adoptee and              

5   the place of residence of each living parent if known.                      

6       (g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (5), the name                

7   and place of residence of the guardian of the person or estate of           

8   the adoptee, if any has been appointed.                                     

9       (3) In a direct placement, the petitioner shall attach to the               

10  petition a verified statement certifying that the petitioner has            

11  been informed of the availability of counseling services and                

12  whether the petitioner has received counseling.                             

13      (4) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, in a                   

14  direct placement, the petitioner shall attach a copy of a                   

15  preplacement assessment of the petitioner completed or updated              

16  within 1 year before the petition is filed with a finding that              

17  the petitioner is suitable to be a parent of an adoptee, copies             

18  of all other preplacement assessments of the petitioner, if any             

19  others have been completed, and a verified statement stating that           

20  no preplacement assessments of the petitioner have been completed           

21  other than those attached to the petition and explaining any                

22  preplacement assessments of the petitioner that have been                   

23  initiated but not completed.  If the petitioner is seeking review           

24  of a preplacement assessment under section 23f(8) of this                   

25  chapter, the petitioner may comply with this subsection by                  

26  attaching a copy of that preplacement assessment and a copy of              

27  the application for review, together with copies of all other               

1   preplacement assessments and the verified statement required by             

2   this section.                                                               

3       (5) In a direct placement in which the parties have elected                 

4   not to exchange identifying information, the information required           

5   by subsection (2)(f) and (g) and the surname and place of                   

6   residence of the adoptee required under subsection (2)(b) may be            

7   omitted.  The attorney or child placing agency assisting in the             

8   adoption shall file a verified statement containing the omitted             

9   information.                                                                

10      Sec. 24a.  (1) Interested parties in a petition for adoption                

11  are all of the following:                                                   

12      (a) The petitioner.                                                         

13      (b) The adoptee, if over 14 years of age.                                   

14      (c) A minor parent, adult parent, or surviving parent of an                 

15  adoptee, unless 1 or more of the following apply:                           

16                                                                               (i) The rights of the parent have been terminated by a court                        

17  of competent jurisdiction.                                                  

18      (ii) A guardian of the adoptee, with specific authority to                   

19  consent to adoption, has been appointed.                                    

20      (iii) A guardian of the parent, with specific authority to                   

21  consent to adoption, has been appointed.                                    

22      (iv) The rights of the parent have been released.                            

23      (v) The parent has consented to the granting of the                         

24  petition.                                                                   

25      (d) The department or a child placing agency to which the                   

26  adoptee has been, or for purposes of subsection (3) is proposed             

27  to be, released or committed by an order of the court.                      

1       (e) A parent, guardian, or guardian ad litem of an                          

2   unemancipated minor parent of the adoptee.                                  

3       (f) The court with permanent custody of the adoptee.                        

4       (g) A court with continuing jurisdiction over the adoptee.                  

5       (h) A child placing agency of another state or country that                 

6   has authority to consent to adoption.                                       

7       (i) The guardian or guardian ad litem of an interested                      

8   party.                                                                      

9   (j) The prospective adoptive parents.

10      (2) Interested parties in a petition for a hearing to                       

11  identify the father of an adoptee and to determine or terminate             

12  his rights are all of the following:                                        

13      (a) The persons set forth in subsection (1).                                

14      (b) A putative father of the adoptee.                                       

15      (3) Interested parties in a proceeding relating to the                      

16  execution of a voluntary release are all of the following:                  

17      (a) The adoptee, if over 5 years of age.                                    

18      (b) The department or a child placing agency to which the                   

19  adoptee is proposed to be released.                                         

20      (c) The person executing the release of parental rights.                    

21  (d) Guardian or guardian ad litem of an interested person if                

22  a guardian or guardian ad litem has been appointed.

23      (4) Interested parties in a rescission petition are all of                  

24  the following:                                                              

25      (a) The petitioners.                                                        

26      (b) The stepparent who adopted the adult adoptee.                           

27      (c) The spouse of the parent whose rights were terminated.                  

1       (5) Interested parties in a hearing related to temporary                    

2   placement are all of the following:                                         

3       (a) The parent or guardian who made or authorized the                       

4   temporary placement.                                                        

5       (b) The parent or guardian of an unemancipated minor parent                 

6   of the adoptee.                                                             

7       (c) A child placing agency that was authorized under                        

8   section 23b of this chapter to make the temporary placement.                

9       (d) If only 1 parent made or authorized the temporary                       

10  placement, the other parent and each putative father of the                 

11  adoptee.                                                                    

12      (e) The prospective adoptive parent with whom temporary                     

13  placement was made.                                                         

14      (f) The prosecutor who filed a petition under section 23d of                

15  this chapter.                                                               

16      (g) The guardian ad litem of any interested party, if a                     

17  guardian ad litem has been appointed.                                       

18      (6) In the interest of justice, the court may require                       

19  additional parties to be served.                                            

20      (7) The court shall not appoint a guardian of the adoptee or                

21  of a parent solely for the purpose of defeating that parent's               

22  status as an interested party under this section.