Modifies and establishes provisions relating to the protection of children and vulnerable persons

Changes the law regarding advertisements and orders of publication in newspapers

Requires the department of corrections to provide certain services to inmates prior to their release from the department

Provides that a grandparent shall be given priority if it is in the best interest of the child to be placed in the custody of a third party

Allows the court to enter a judgment of dissolution of marriage or legal separation if a person is pregnant