80-2-804. Adoptive placement time frame -- Division contracts with child-placing agencies.
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Effective 5/3/2023
80-2-804. Adoptive placement time frame -- Division contracts with child-placing agencies.
(1)Subject to this part, for a child who has a primary permanency plan of adoption or for whom a final plan for pursuing termination of parental rights is approved in accordance with Section 80-3-409 , the division shall make intensive efforts to place the child in an adoptive home within 30 days after the earlier of the day on which:
(a)the final plan is approved; or
(b)the primary permanency plan is established.
(2)If within the time periods described in Subsection
(1)the division is unable to locate a suitable adoptive home, the division shallcontract with a variety of child-placing agencies licensed under Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities , to search for an appropriate adoptive home for the child, and to place the child for adoption.
Amended by Chapter 330 , 2023 General Session