Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 78B-24-303 - General adoption information(1) Within a reasonable time before a child-placing agency places a child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child-placing agency shall provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information.(2) The information under Subsection (1) shall address: (a) possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning:(i) identity, loss, and trauma that a child might experience before, during, or after adoption; and(ii) a child leaving familiar ties and surroundings;(b) the effect that access to resources, including health insurance, might 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 78B-24-203 and 78B-24-205.Added by Chapter 326, 2022 General Session ,§ 12, eff. 5/4/2022.