§844.1. Fees; state agency adoptions

            A. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the fee assessed by the clerk of court for the filing of a petition for a state agency adoption shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars per petition.

            B. For the purpose of this Section, "state agency adoption" means any adoption proceeding wherein the child to be adopted is in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Family Services or the corresponding department of any other state.

            C. The fee to be assessed on behalf of the sheriff's offices for service of process of state agency adoptions shall not exceed thirty dollars per adoption petition.

            D. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, all fees and costs authorized to be assessed or collected by the clerks of court, except fees and costs authorized by this Section, are hereby expressly waived in state agency adoptions.

            Acts 2019, No. 320, §1.