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TITLE 26HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
PART 1HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
CHAPTER 749MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES
SUBCHAPTER PFOSTER-ADOPTIVE HOMES AND LEGAL RISK PLACEMENTS
DIVISION 2LEGAL RISK PLACEMENTS
RULE §749.3221What is a "legal risk placement"?
(a) A "legal risk placement" exists when you:

  (1) Have a child that is not available for adoption because his parent(s)' rights have not been terminated;

   (2) Have placed a child into a home that has been jointly verified as a foster home and approved as an adoptive home; and

   (3) Intend for the placement to change from foster care to adoption once the child is eligible for adoption.

 (b) A "legal risk placement" does not exist when you merely place a child with foster parents who want to adopt the child but have not been approved as an adoptive home.
Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3221 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909

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