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TITLE 40 SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19 DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 735 INDEPENDENT COURT-ORDERED ADOPTION EVALUATIONS
SUBCHAPTER C MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRE-PLACEMENT PORTION OF AN ADOPTION EVALUATION AND REPORT

Rules

§735.301 When is the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation conducted?
§735.303 What requirements are there for obtaining information about the child in the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation?
§735.305 What information about the adoptive parents must be included in the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation?
§735.307 Whom must I interview during the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation?
§735.309 What must I document regarding interviews for the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation?
§735.311 What are the requirements for visiting the adoptive parents' home during the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation?
§735.313 What information regarding the adoptive parents' home and grounds must be assessed?
§735.315 What are the additional requirements for the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation if the adoptive parents previously adopted a child through a child-placing agency or were previously foster parents for a child-placing agency?
§735.317 What requirements are there about obtaining information about birth parents for the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation?
§735.319 What step does the department recommend if a child does not begin living with the adoptive parents within six months after the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation has been completed?
§735.321 Must I complete the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation update if the adoptive parents plan to adopt another child?
§735.323 What information must an update of the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation include?
§735.325 What information must the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation report include?
§735.327 Can the pre-placement and post-placement portions of an adoption evaluation be combined?

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