title: Act No. 556, 9 July 1987.
abstract: This Act amends Section 286 of the Criminal Code, which deals with the sale of minor children, to define "legal fees," which under Section 286 can legally be paid by a person contemplating adopting a minor child not yet born. They are "anything of value paid or received for rendering of legal services in connection with an act of voluntary surrender of a child for adoption and shall not include a broker's fee paid in connection with an act of voluntary surrender."  In addition, "broker's fees" are defined as "anything of value paid or received for the procurement, attempted procurement, or assistance in the procurement of a party to an act of voluntary surrender of a child for adoption."  A 1986 amendment to Section 286 raised the penalties for sale of minor children to "five thousand dollars or imprisonment with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both."  Previously the penalty figures were one thousand dollars and six months.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000300:Adoption; D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001519:Behavior; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D005333:Fetus; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D008145:Louisiana; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011247:Pregnancy; D011640:Public Policy; D012098:Reproduction; D014481:United States
keywords: Adoption--legal aspects; Age Factors; Americas; Behavior; Child Rearing; Child--legal aspects; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Fetus--legal aspects; Laws And Statutes; Louisiana; Minors--legal aspects; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Social Protection; United States; Youth