Section 115-E. Effect of death of potential adoptive parent

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Notwithstanding
  any other provision of law to the contrary, when a petition for adoption
  by  two  persons  has  been  duly filed, and one of the petitioners dies
  before the adoption is complete, it shall be  treated  as  a  change  of
  circumstance. This change may be reviewed to assure that the adoption is
  in  the  best  interest  of  the child. The death of one of the adoptive
  parents shall not, by itself, invalidate a certification nor  shall  the
  death  of  one of the adoptive parents cause a new petition for adoption
  to be filed. The deceased adoptive parent shall be considered one of the
  legal parents, unless the surviving adoptive parent requests otherwise.

                    
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