§ 393*2 — Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or adoption proceedings

* § 393. Consideration of blindness during guardianship, custody or\nadoption proceedings. 1. The department may not deny, decide or oppose a\npetition or request for guardianship, custody or visitation under this\narticle solely on the basis that the petitioner, parent, guardian or\ncustodian is blind. The blindness of the petitioner, parent, guardian or\ncustodian shall be considered relevant only to the extent that the\nblindness affects the best interests of the child whose guardianship,\ncustody or visitation is the subject of the petition.\n 2. The department shall not seek custody or guardianship of a child\nsolely because the child's parent, guardian or custodian is blind. The\nblindness of the parent, guardian or custodian shall be considered\nrelevant only to the extent that the blindness affects the best\ninterests of the child whose guardianship, custody or visitation is the\nsubject of the petition.\n 3. As used in this section, "blind" or "blindness" means:\n a. vision that is 20/200 or less in the best corrected eye; or\n b. vision that subtends an angle of not greater than twenty degrees in\nthe best corrected eye.\n * NB There are 2 § 393's\n