2016 Indiana Code TITLE 31. FAMILY LAW AND JUVENILE LAW ARTICLE 19. FAMILY LAW: ADOPTION CHAPTER 7. PRIOR APPROVAL OF PLACEMENT OF CHILD IN PROPOSED ADOPTIVE HOME
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IC 31-19-7
Chapter 7. Prior Approval of Placement of Child in Proposed
Adoptive Home
IC 31-19-7-1
Prior written approval of placements; criminal history checks
Sec. 1. (a) A child may not be placed in a proposed adoptive home
without the prior written approval of a licensed child placing agency
or the local office approved for that purpose by the department.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d), before giving prior
written approval for placement in a proposed adoptive home of a
child, a licensed child placing agency or the department of child
services shall conduct a criminal history check (as defined in
IC 31-9-2-22.5) concerning the proposed adoptive parent and any
other person who is currently residing in the proposed adoptive
home.
(c) The prospective adoptive parent shall pay the fees and other
costs of the criminal history check required under this section.
(d) A licensed child placing agency or the department of child
services is not required to conduct a criminal history check (as
defined in IC 31-9-2-22.5) if a prospective adoptive parent provides
the licensed child placing agency or the local office with the results
of a criminal history check conducted:
(1) in accordance with IC 31-9-2-22.5; and
(2) not more than one (1) year before the date on which the
licensed child placing agency or the local office provides
written approval for the placement.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.234-2005,
SEC.93; P.L.145-2006, SEC.247; P.L.138-2007, SEC.37;
P.L.128-2012, SEC.48.
IC 31-19-7-2
Consent of the department
Sec. 2. Whenever the written approval for placement of a child in
a proposed adoptive home is obtained from a licensed child placing
agency, the consent of the department is not required unless the child
is a ward of the department.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.128-2012,
SEC.49.
IC 31-19-7-3
Approval filed with adoption petition
Sec. 3. Approval under this chapter for placement in a proposed
adoptive home must be filed with the petition for adoption.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Indiana Code 2016
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