Utah Admin. Code R512-41-4 - Adoption Decision
(1) Permanency
decisions should be made in a timely manner, recognizing the child's
developmental needs and sense of time. Child and Family Services shall make
intensive efforts to place the child with the adoptive parents within 30 days
after the court determined a permanency goal of adoption for the
child.
(2) When the child is not
residing with the family that will adopt the child, Child and Family Services
will reconsider any potential kinship caregivers or other adults known to the
child.
(3) Concurrently, the
adoption committee should seek other resource families in each region of the
state to select adoptive parents who could meet the child's needs.
(4) If adoptive parents are not found for the
child within 30 days of the primary permanency goal becoming adoption, the
child must be registered with The Adoption Exchange to help recruit adoptive
parents.
(5) Geographic boundaries
alone should not present barriers or delays to the selection of adoptive
parents.
(6) The Indian Child
Welfare Act,
25 USC
1915 (January 3, 2007), takes precedent for
an adoption of an Indian child who is a member of a federally recognized tribe
or Alaskan Native village.
(7)
Placements will be made in accordance with the Interethnic Adoption Act,
42 USC 1996b
(2010).
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