2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate
Chapter 109 - Parent and Child Rights and Relationships
Section 109.306 - Rules regarding home studies and placement reports.

(1) Rules adopted by the Department of Human Services for home studies and placement reports under ORS 109.309 (7) and (8) must, at a minimum, require the department to:

(a) Consider each prospective adoptive parent on the basis of the prospective adoptive parent’s ability to meet the individual needs of the child for safety, attachment and well-being;

(b) Safeguard a child’s rights under ORS 419B.090 (3) by considering a child’s relatives and current caretaker as having equal status and priority as prospective adoptive parents in the consideration of each of the relative’s and current caretaker’s respective abilities to meet the child’s individual needs for safety, attachment and well-being; and

(c) Give a child’s relatives and current caretaker a greater weight in the consideration of suitability as prospective adoptive parents as compared to the department’s consideration of other persons seeking to adopt a child who are not relatives or current caretakers.

(2) For purposes of this section, "current caretaker" has the meaning given that term in ORS 419A.004. [2015 c.795 §5]

Note: Section 12 (1), chapter 795, Oregon Laws 2015, provides:

Sec. 12. (1) Section 5 of this 2015 Act [109.306] and the amendments to ORS 109.309, 419A.004, 419B.090 and 419B.395 by sections 1 to 4 of this 2015 Act apply to:

(a) Children and wards who are in the legal custody of the Department of Human Services before, on or after the operative date specified in section 13 (1) of this 2015 Act [September 1, 2015]; and

(b) Children and wards for whom placement decisions are made on or after the operative date specified in section 13 (1) of this 2015 Act.

[2015 c.795 §12(1)]

Note: 109.306 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 109 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.