§ 48-3-233. General adoption information.
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§ 48-3-233. General adoption information.
Within a reasonable time before an agency places a minor for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the agency shall provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information. The information shall address all of the following:
(1)Possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning all of the following:
a. Identity, loss, and trauma that a minor might experience before, during, or after adoption.
b. A minor leaving familiar ties and surroundings.
(2)The effect that access to resources, including health insurance, may have on the ability of an adoptive parent to meet the needs of a minor.
(3)Causes of disruption of an adoptive placement or dissolution of an adoption and resources available to help avoid disruption or dissolution.
(4)Criminal prohibitions under G.S. 14-321.2. (2025-25, s. 46(a).)