(a) The report must contain:
(1) Documentation of the requirements in Subchapters
B, C, and E of this Chapter, including documentation of:
(A) Information that was obtained through the review
of documents, reports, and inspections; and
(B) Interviews with the adoptive parents and their
family, collateral contacts, and the child;
(2) Documentation of the criminal history and central
registry background check results and an assessment of the results,
including whether the results should bar placement of the child with
the adoptive parents, or the subsequent adoption of the child by the
adoptive parents;
(3) Assessments of the:
(A) Adoptive parents and their family's interaction
with each other; and
(B) Relationship between the child and each adoptive
parent, if a relationship currently exists;
(4) An assessment of the child's present and prospective
physical, intellectual, social, and psychological functioning;
(5) An assessment of the basic care and safety issues,
including the safety of the physical environment of the adoptive home;
(6) An assessment of the adoptive parents' individual
strengths and weaknesses;
(7) Conclusions and recommendations to the court as
to whether the:
(A) Adoptive parents' home environment will meet the
child's needs once the child begins living in the adoptive parents'
home; and
(B) Adoptive parents appear to have the ability to
accept the child, assume parenting responsibilities, and adopt the
child in the next six months to a year;
(8) For each adoption evaluator that conducted any
part of the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation, including
interviewing participants; making home visits; making assessments,
conclusions, or recommendations; or writing the report:
(A) Their names, license numbers, if applicable, and
role in conducting the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation;
and
(B) A statement that each adoption evaluator:
(i) Has read and meets the qualification requirements
of Texas Family Code §107.154; or
(ii) Was appointed by the court under Texas Family
Code §107.155; and
(9) Telephone numbers for entities where it is appropriate
for the adoptive parents to file complaints about how the pre-placement
portion of an adoption evaluation was conducted, including phone numbers
for:
(A) The court that ordered the adoption evaluation;
and
(B) The board or agency that licenses the adoption
evaluator who is primarily responsible for the pre-placement portion
of an adoption evaluation, if applicable.
(b) The adoption evaluator primarily responsible for
the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation must sign the
report.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §735.325 adopted to be effective March 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 1489; transferred effective May 1, 2018, as published in the Texas Register April 13, 2018, 43 TexReg 2289; amended to be effective May 16, 2019, 44 TexReg 2363 |