Effective: March 22, 2001 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 180 – 123rd General Assembly As used in sections 3107.01 to 3107.19 of the Revised Code: (A) “Agency” means any public or private organization certified, licensed, or otherwise specially empowered by law or rule to place minors for adoption. (B) “Attorney” means a person who has been […]
Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 238 – 126th General Assembly (A) A person seeking to adopt a minor shall utilize an agency or attorney to arrange the adoption. Only an agency or attorney may arrange an adoption. An attorney may not represent with regard to the adoption both the person seeking to […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 7 – 127th General Assembly (A) A foster caregiver may use the application prescribed under division (B) of this section to obtain the services of an agency to arrange an adoption for the foster caregiver if the foster caregiver seeks to adopt the foster caregiver’s foster child […]
Effective: March 15, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 27 – 124th General Assembly An agency arranging an adoption pursuant to an application submitted to the agency under section 3107.012 of the Revised Code for a foster caregiver seeking to adopt the foster caregiver’s foster child shall provide the foster caregiver information about adoption, including information […]
Effective: May 30, 2022 Latest Legislation: House Bill 4 – 134th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, only an individual who meets all of the following requirements may perform the duties of an assessor under sections 3107.031, 3107.032, 3107.082, 3107.09, 3107.101, 3107.12, 5103.0324, and 5103.152 of the Revised Code: […]
Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 238 – 126th General Assembly The director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code governing the training an individual must complete for the purpose of division (A)(3) of section 3107.014 of the Revised Code. The training shall […]
Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 238 – 126th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall develop a schedule of training that meets the requirements established in rules adopted pursuant to section 3107.015 of the Revised Code. The schedule shall include enough training to provide all agencies equal access to […]
Effective: March 15, 2002 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 27 – 124th General Assembly The department of job and family services shall develop a standardized form for the disclosure of information about a prospective adoptive child to prospective adoptive parents. The information disclosed shall include all background information available on the child. The department shall distribute […]
Effective: June 24, 2008 Latest Legislation: House Bill 562 – 127th General Assembly (A) A prospective adoptive parent may apply to the department of job and family services for a loan from the state adoption assistance loan fund created under section 5101.143 of the Revised Code. Subject to available funds, the department may approve a […]
Effective: October 12, 2016 Latest Legislation: House Bill 158 – 131st General Assembly (A) Any minor may be adopted. (B) An adult may be adopted under any of the following conditions: (1) If the adult is totally or permanently disabled; (2) If the adult is determined to be a person with an intellectual disability; (3) […]
Effective: September 18, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 419 – 121st General Assembly The following persons may adopt: (A) A husband and wife together, at least one of whom is an adult; (B) An unmarried adult; (C) The unmarried minor parent of the person to be adopted; (D) A married adult without the other spouse […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 7 – 127th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in this section, an assessor shall conduct a home study for the purpose of ascertaining whether a person seeking to adopt a minor is suitable to adopt. A written report of the home study shall be filed with […]
Effective: September 21, 2006 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 238 – 126th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, each time a person seeking to adopt a minor or foster child will have at least five children residing in the prospective adoptive home after the minor or foster child to be […]
Effective: April 7, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 7 – 127th General Assembly Not later than June 1, 2009, the director of job and family services shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code specifying both of the following: (A) The manner in which a home study is to be conducted […]
Effective: August 14, 2008 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 163 – 127th General Assembly (A) Whenever a prospective adoptive parent or a person eighteen years of age or older who resides with a prospective adoptive parent has resided in another state within the five-year period immediately prior to the date on which a criminal records check […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (A) At the time of the initial home study, and every two years thereafter, if the home study is updated, and until it becomes part of a final decree of adoption or an interlocutory order of adoption, the agency or attorney that […]
Effective: January 1, 1977 Latest Legislation: House Bill 156 – 111th General Assembly (A) A petition for adoption shall be filed in the court in the county in which the person to be adopted was born, or in which, at the time of filing the petition, the petitioner or the person to be adopted or […]
Effective: January 1, 1977 Latest Legislation: House Bill 156 – 111th General Assembly (A) A petition for adoption shall be prepared and filed according to the procedure for commencing an action under the Rules of Civil Procedure. It shall include the following information: (1) The date and place of birth of the person to be […]
Effective: July 1, 2000 Latest Legislation: House Bill 471 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a person seeking to adopt a minor, or the agency or attorney arranging the adoption, shall submit a petition for the minor’s adoption no later than ninety days after the date the […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 250 – 130th General Assembly (A)(1) Notwithstanding section 3107.01 of the Revised Code, as used in this section, “agency” does not include a public children services agency. (2) As used in this section, “living expenses” means any of the following expenses incurred by a birth mother: (a) […]
