CHAPTER 2.5. Adoptions by Relative Caregivers or Foster Parents [8730. - 8736.]

Chapter 2.5 added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 983, Sec. 3.

§§ 8730–8736 · 7 sections

• § 8730 (a) Subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency may provide an abbreviated home study…
• § 8731 If the prospective adoptive parent of a child is a foster parent, the assessment or home study described in Section 8730 shall not be initiated until the child…
• § 8732 A report of a medical examination of the foster parent with whom the child has lived for a minimum of six months or the relative caregiver who has had an…
• § 8733 The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall require the adoptive parent to be provided with information related to the specific…
• § 8734 The department shall encourage adoption agencies to make adoption training programs available to prospective adoptive families.
• § 8735 The department shall adopt regulations requiring county adoption agencies and licensed adoption agencies to inform the agency responsible for the foster care…
• § 8736 The requirements of this chapter shall not be used as basis for removing a child who has been placed with a relative caregiver or foster parent prior to…