Appointment of a surrogate parent shall be effective until the child reaches eighteen years of age, provided the Commissioner of Education, not less than thirty days prior to the child's eighteenth birthday, may extend such appointment until the child graduates from high school or reaches the age of twenty-one years, whichever occurs first. If the surrogate parent resigns or dies or for any other reason is unable to continue as surrogate parent for the child, the Commissioner of Education shall, if said commissioner deems the appointment of a successor surrogate necessary, appoint a successor surrogate parent.
(P.A. 76-429, S. 3, 7; P.A. 77-614, S. 302, 610; P.A. 78-218, S. 77; 78-280, S. 20, 127; 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 81-247, S. 3, 7.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted commissioner of education for secretary of the state board of education, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-218 made technical change; P.A. 78-280 substituted superior court for juvenile court; P.A. 81-247 deleted provisions re court's appointment of surrogate parent, extension of appointment or replacement of surrogate parent, transferring power to extend appointments and appoint successor surrogates to commissioner of education.
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