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§ 7303. Resource family adoption interview

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 67 Pa.C.S.A. Public WelfareEffective: January 3, 2023

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 67 Pa.C.S.A. Public Welfare
Part IV. Children, Youth and Families (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 73. Resource Families (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 3, 2023
67 Pa.C.S.A. § 7303
Formerly cited as PA ST 11 P.S. § 2624
§ 7303. Resource family adoption interview
Currentness
(a) Interview.--The agency that placed the child shall interview the resource family as a potential adoptive family when:
(1) the resource family has expressed interest in adopting the child;
(2) the child has resided with the resource family for six months or longer; and
(3) the child's primary or concurrent permanency goal is adoption; or
(4) the child has been in out-of-home placement for at least 15 of the preceding 22 months.
(b) Resource family parent interview.--If the interviewing agency is not the agency responsible for making a recommendation to the court as to adoptive placement of the child, the interviewing agency shall share all information obtained from the interview under subsection (a) with the agency responsible for making the recommendation.
(c) Consideration of more than one adoptive resource.--If more than one adoptive resource is available, the agency responsible for making a recommendation to the court as to adoptive placement of the child shall document the reasons for the agency's recommendation in the child's case record and, upon request, shall provide that information to the resource family.

Credits

2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1966, No. 131, § 2, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].
67 Pa.C.S.A. § 7303, PA ST 67 Pa.C.S.A. § 7303
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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