GroundRules
22VAC40-131-540: Placements requiring legal risk agreement
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 22. Social Services
- Agency 40. Department of Social Services
- Chapter 131. Standards for Licensed Child-Placing Agencies
- Part VII. Additional Requirements for Specific Programs
- Article 5. Adoption
A. The licensee shall require the prospective adoptive parents to sign and date a written statement acknowledging awareness that the valid entrustment agreement may be revoked by either birth parent until:
1. The placed child has reached the age specified in § 63.2-1223 of the Code of Virginia; and
2. The number of days specified in § 63.2-1223 of the Code of Virginia have elapsed since the execution of the valid entrustment agreement.
B. The written acknowledgement statement signed by the prospective adoptive parents shall be maintained in the child's file.
C. Such a direct placement shall be recognized as a foster home placement and a foster home agreement required by this chapter shall be signed by the licensee and the foster parents.
D. The adoptive placement agreement required by this chapter shall not be signed until the child is legally free for adoption.
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