§ 2-677. Obtaining excessive compensation for adoption.
A. Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain financial benefits from two or more prospective adopting families or persons commits the criminal offense of obtaining excessive compensation for adoption by:
1. Knowingly failing to disclose to those families or persons that there are other prospective adopting families or persons interested in adopting the child, with knowledge that there is an obligation to disclose that information; and
2. Knowingly accepting the financial benefits when the aggregate amount exceeds the reasonable maternity-connected medical or hospital and necessary living expenses of the mother preceding and during the pregnancy.
B. Any person convicted of committing the criminal offense of obtaining excessive compensation for adoption shall be guilty of a crime punishable by imprisonment in the Tribal Jail for a term not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Five Hundred dollars ($2,500.00), or both. ONCA 22-33, eff. Apr. 25, 2022.