Ariz. Admin. Code § 21-9-230

Current through Register Vol. 31, No. 2, January 10, 2025

Section R21-9-230 - Birth Parent: Service Agreement; Prohibitions

A. Before providing services to a birth parent, an adoption agency shall enter into a signed written agreement with the birth parent. The agreement shall:

1. Describe all services the adoption agency shall provide to the birth parent;

2. Contain an explanation in plain language describing any monies that an adoptive parent may pay to a birth parent under A.R.S. & 8-114, including that a birth parent may only receive payments up to $1,000 without court approval;

3. Contain an itemized statement describing the nature, purpose, and amount of any payments the birth parent shall receive through the adoption agency or any entity affiliated with the adoption agency under A.R.S. § 8-114;

a. If the actual amount under subsection (3) is not known, the adoption agency shall describe how the amount shall be calculated, and

b. Include amounts only for reasonable and necessary expenses incurred in connection with the adoption under A.R.S. & 8-114.

B. Before or at the time of entering into a birth parent agreement with a birth mother, the adoption agency shall advise the birth mother of her obligations under A.R.S. § 8-106(F).

C. Before providing services to a birth parent, the adoption agency shall advise the birth parent of OLR's responsibility for licensing and monitoring an adoption agency, and the public's right to register a complaint about an adoption agency as prescribed in R21-9-235.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R21-9-230

New section made by exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 3524, effective 1/24/2016.