81-14-303. General adoption information.
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Effective 9/1/2025
81-14-303. General adoption information.
(1)Within a reasonable time before a child-placing agency places a minor child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child-placing agency shall provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information.
(2)The information under Subsection
(1)shall address:
(a)possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning:
(i)identity, loss, and trauma that a minor child might experience before, during, or after adoption; and
(ii)a minor child leaving familiar ties and surroundings;
(b)the effect that access to resources, including health insurance, might have on the ability of an adoptive parent to meet the needs of a minor child;
(c)causes of disruption of an adoptive placement or dissolution of an adoption and resources available to help avoid disruption or dissolution; and
(d)prohibitions under Sections 81-14-203 and 81-14-205 .
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426 , 2025 General Session