N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 22 § 205.58 - Proceedings for certification as a qualified adoptive parent or parents
(a)
Where the petition in a proceeding for certification as a qualified adoptive
parent or parents alleges that petitioner or petitioners will cause a
preplacement investigation to be undertaken, the petition shall include the
name and address of the disinterested person by whom such investigation will be
conducted.
(b) The
report of the disinterested person conducting the preplacement investigation
shall be filed by such person directly with the court, with a copy of such
report delivered simultaneously to the applicant or applicants.
(c) The court shall order a
report (1) from the statewide central register of child abuse and maltreatment
setting forth whether the child or the petitioner is, or petitioners are, the
subject of or another person named in an indicated report, as such terms are
defined in section
412 of the Social Services Law, filed with
such register; and (2) from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice
Services setting forth any existing criminal record of such petitioner or
petitioners, in accordance with section
115-d(3-a) of the
Domestic Relations Law; provided, however, that where the petitioner(s) have
been fingerprinted pursuant to section
378-a of the Social Services Law, the
authorized agency in possession of a current criminal history summary report
from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services may be requested
to provide such report to the court in lieu of a report from the New York State
Division of Criminal Justice Services.
Notes
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