Sec. 25.23.200. Investigation of home for subsidized hard-to-place child.
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Sec. 25.23.200. Investigation of home for subsidized hard-to-place child.
Persons who are caring for a hard-to-place child on a foster parent basis and who have applied to adopt the hard-to-place child and to receive payments for the care and support of the hard-to-place child shall be evaluated as to their suitability as adoptive parents by means of an adoptive home study. Persons who are caring for a hard-to-place child in the state's custody and who wish to be appointed legal guardians of the child under AS 13.26.132 , and to receive payments for the care and support of the child, shall be evaluated as to their suitability as guardians by means of a guardianship study.
A home study or guardianship study shall be made by the commissioner's adoption staff or on the commissioner's behalf by an authorized agency or individual that provides adoption services.