Wash. Admin. Code § 388-27-0015 - What are the eligibility criteria for the department's adoption program?

(1) The department provides adoption services to any child in the department's care and custody:

(a) With an identified permanent plan of adoption; or

(b) When the department considers adoption as an alternate permanent plan; and

(i) The child is in supervised out-of-home care; or

(ii) The child's birth parent(s) requests adoption as a permanent plan prior to the child's placement in out-of-home care.

(2) The department considers families who apply for adoption services to be resources for children in the department's care and custody if the potential parent(s) is:

(a) Legally competent;

(b) Eighteen years of age or older; and

(c) Has an approved adoptive home study.

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Wash. Admin. Code § 388-27-0015

Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. 01-08-047, § 388-27-0015, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.