§ 8902

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.

For intercountry adoptions that will be finalized in this state, the licensed adoption agency shall provide all of the following services:

(a)Assessment of the suitability of the applicant’s home.
(b)Placement of the foreign-born child in an approved home.
(c)Postplacement supervision.
(d)Submission to the court of a report on the intercountry adoptive placement with a recommendation regarding the granting of the petition.
(e)Services to applicants seeking to adopt related children living in foreign countries. The Legislature recognizes that these children have an impelling need for adoptive placement with their relatives.

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