Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session
Section 19-5.5-303 - General adoption information(1) Within a reasonable time before a child placement agency places a child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child placement agency must provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information. The information must address:(a) Possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning: (I) Identity, loss, and trauma that a child may experience before, during, or after adoption; and(II) A child leaving familiar ties and surroundings;(b) The effect that the access to resources, including health insurance, may have on the ability of an adoptive parent to meet the needs of a child;(c) Causes of disruption of an adoptive placement or dissolution of an adoption and resources available to help avoid disruption or dissolution; and(d) Prohibitions under sections 19-5.5-203 and 19-5.5-205.Added by 2023 Ch. 86,§ 1, eff. 4/17/2023.