Effective 9/1/2022
80-2-803. Division promotion of adoption — Adoption research and informational pamphlet.
The division shall:
80-2-803. Division promotion of adoption — Adoption research and informational pamphlet.
The division shall:
- (1) in accordance with Section 62A-2-126, actively promote the adoption of all children in the division’s custody who have a final plan for termination of parental rights under Section 80-3-409 or a primary permanency plan of adoption;
- (2) develop plans for the effective use of cross-jurisdictional resources to facilitate timely adoptive or permanent placements for waiting children;
- (3) obtain information or conduct research regarding prior adoptive families to determine what families may do to be successful with an adoptive child;
- (4) make the information or research described in Subsection (3) available to potential adoptive parents;
- (5) prepare a pamphlet that explains the information that a child-placing agency is required to provide a potential adoptive parent under Subsection 62A-2-126(2)(b);
- (6) regularly distribute copies of the pamphlet described in Subsection (5) to child-placing agencies; and
- (7) respond to an inquiry made as a result of the notice provided by a child-placing agency under Subsection 62A-2-126(2)(b).
Enacted by Chapter 334, 2022 General Session