It shall be unlawful for a child’s parent or legal guardian to knowingly place a child for adoption, or knowingly attempt to place a child for adoption through the use of a power of attorney or other legal document in this state unless such parent or legal guardian follows the procedures for adoption set out in this chapter. If a parent or legal guardian transfers physical custody of the child with the intent to permanently transfer physical and legal custody of the child to another and does not follow such procedures within 6 months of transferring physical custody of the child to another, he or she shall be deemed to have abandoned the child as described in RSA 170-C:5, I and shall be guilty of endangering the welfare of a child under RSA 639:3.
Source. 2016, 159:1, eff. July 1, 2016.