North Dakota § 50-12-07.1 Objection to placement for religious or moral convictions or policies - Effect

North Dakota Statutes

§ 50-12-07.1 — Objection to placement for religious or moral convictions or policies - Effect

North Dakota § 50-12-07.1

Title 50Public Welfare

Ch. 50-12Child-Placing Agency

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N.D. Cent. Code § 50-12-07.1 (2026).

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Effect.
A child-placing agency is not required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, facilitate,
refer, or participate in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral
convictions or policies. A state or local government entity may not deny a child-placing agency
any grant, contract, or participation in a government program because of the child-placing
agency's objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, facilitating, referring, or
participating in a placement that violates the child-placing agency's written religious or moral
convictions or policies. Refusal by a child-placing agency to perform, assist, counsel,
recommend, facilitate, refer, or participate in a placement that violates the child-placing agency's
written religious or moral convictions

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Effect.
A child-placing agency is not required to perform, assist, counsel, recommend, facilitate,
refer, or participate in a placement that violates the agency's written religious or moral
convictions or policies. A state or local government entity may not deny a child-placing agency
any grant, contract, or participation in a government program because of the child-placing
agency's objection to performing, assisting, counseling, recommending, facilitating, referring, or
participating in a placement that violates the child-placing agency's written religious or moral
convictions or policies. Refusal by a child-placing agency to perform, assist, counsel,
recommend, facilitate, refer, or participate in a placement that violates the child-placing agency's
written religious or moral convictions or policies does not constitute a determination that the
proposed adoption is not in the best interest of the minor.