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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 735INDEPENDENT COURT-ORDERED ADOPTION EVALUATIONS
SUBCHAPTER CMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRE-PLACEMENT PORTION OF AN ADOPTION EVALUATION AND REPORT
RULE §735.327Can the pre-placement and post-placement portions of an adoption evaluation be combined?

In a suit filed after the date the child began living in the adoptive parents' home, the pre-placement and post-placement portions of an adoption evaluation and reports may be combined and a single report completed. But the adoption evaluation and the combined report must:

  (1) Be completed after the child begins living in the home; and

  (2) Meet all of the minimum requirements of this subchapter for both the pre-placement and post-placement portions of an adoption evaluation and reports.
Source Note: The provisions of this §735.327 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

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