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 BackHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Committee Report
| Legislation: | SB 225 |
| Sponsor: | Amick |
| Long Title: | AN ACT AUTHORIZING FAMILY COURT TO ALLOW RAMATOULAYE BAH TO ADOPT HER NIECE RAGHIATOU BAH. |
| Committee: | HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT |
| Number of Committee Members: | 11 |
| Date of Report: | 04/16/2008 |
| Committee Vote: | Favorable: | On Its Merits: | Unfavorable: |
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Purpose of the Bill : This bill came as an emergency request from a constituent of Senator Amick's. It is special legislation authorizing Ramatoulaye Bah to be permitted to adopt her 15 year old niece, Raghiatou Bah, by herself as a married person living apart, but not legally separated, from her husband and that such adoption be permitted without the requirement of a social study amd report for the husband of Ramatoulaye Bah, Souleymane Kouyate.
Committee Findings: The committee discovered that this legislation was actually suggested by the Family Court as a means of keeping Ramatoulaye's 15 year old niece from being deported.
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