Utah Admin. Code R512-41-5 - Matching the Child and the Adoptive Parents
(1) The selection of the adoptive parents for
a child or sibling group will be determined based on the best interest of the
child.
(2) The decision must be
based on a thorough assessment of the child's current and potential
development, medical, emotional, and educational needs, as well as needs for
family connections.
(3) The
capacity of the prospective adoptive parents to successfully meet the child's
needs and to love and accept the child as a fully integrated member of the
family must be considered.
(4) The
child's preference may be considered, if the child has the capacity to express
a preference.
(5) Sibling groups
should not be separated:
(a) if siblings are
not placed together and there are no safety concerns that preclude the siblings
being together, Child and Family Services should reconsider a family for the
siblings to be adopted together; or
(b) If siblings are not able to be adopted
together or if being taken from a current family would create undue trauma to
the child, arrangements should be made to allow life-long contact to be pursued
between the adoptive families of the separated siblings.
(6) Foster care parents or other caregivers
with physical custody of the child may be given preferential consideration for
adoption if the child has substantial emotional ties with the foster parents or
caregivers and if removal of the child from the foster parents or caregivers
would be detrimental to the child's well-being.
(7) Child and Family Services shall provide
detailed information about the child to the prospective adoptive parents,
allowing sufficient time for the prospective adoptive parents to make an
informed decision regarding placement of the child. The information given to
the prospective adoptive parents must include detailed information available in
writing that is important to raise the child. Child and Family Services and the
prospective adoptive parents will acknowledge receipt of the information by
signing a Child and Family Services' information disclosure form. Child and
Family Services shall respond to questions or concerns of the prospective
adoptive parents. The prospective adoptive parents shall have the opportunity
to meet the child before permanent placement. Release of documents is subject
to the Government Records Access Management Act, Title 63G, Chapter 2.
(8) When the approved adoptive
parents agree to accept the placement of a child for adoption, the adoptive
parents and a representative from Child and Family Services shall sign an
agreement for the intent to adopt a specific child on a form provided by Child
and Family Services.
(9) When the
adoptive parents agree to accept the placement of a child who is not free for
adoption, the parents shall sign the Child and Family Services' foster care
agreement.
Notes
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