A.  Notwithstanding any provision of the law to the contrary, the department shall provide to the curator ad hoc all available information pertinent to the location of an absentee parent, including names and addresses of known relatives, within fifteen days of receipt of a copy of the court order appointing the curator ad hoc.

B.  The department shall fully cooperate with any court which has authority with respect to the placement of a child in foster care or for adoption for the purpose of locating a parent of the child.  Such cooperation shall include making available all information obtained from the Federal Parent Locator Service.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §10, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2007, No. 334, §1.