42-3-207: Action by department.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 42. ADOPTION
- CHAPTER 3. REQUIREMENTS OF PARTIES IN ADOPTION
- Part 2. Requirements of Prospective Adoptive Parents
If, before a decree of adoption is issued, the department learns from an evaluator or another person that a child has been placed for adoption with an individual who is the subject of a preplacement evaluation on file with the department containing a finding of unsuitability, the department shall immediately review the evaluation and make a determination of whether the department has authority pursuant to Title 41, chapter 3, to intervene.
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