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Orientation of Adoption
Home Study Certification Investigations
Renewal of Certification
Counseling Birth Parents
Preparing Children for Adoptive Placement
Monitoring Adoptive Placements
Finalizing Adoption in Local Court
Post Placement visits & reports for foreign adoptions
Education on adoption issues
Referrals to adoption resources
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Finalizing Adoption in Local Court
OAS will cooperate with the adoptive parent and the attorney, if any,
retained by the adoptive parent, to finalize the adoption.
1. OAS will provide all information and documents needed to finalize the
adoption and will file a final written report to the court at least 14
calendar days before the final adoption hearing or at such other time as the
Court may require. The report will include the information listed in this
subsection, unless OAS has already provided this information in an earlier
report, and the information has not changed since the earlier report.
a. The name and age of each adoptive parent and the relationship, if
any, of each adoptive parent to the child to be adopted.
b. The name, age, and birthplace of the child to be adopted, and
whether any or all of this information is unknown to the adoptive
parent.
c. OAS or other source from which the adoptive parent received the
child to be adopted.
d. The circumstances surrounding the surrender of the child to the
entity.
e. The results of OAS evaluation of the child and of the
adoptive parent, including a description of the care the child is
receiving and the adjustment of the child and parent, and a
summary statement of OAS recommendation to the court
regarding finalization.
f. A full description of any property belonging to the child to be
adopted.
g. An itemized statement of all fees and costs the adoptive parent
paid in connection with the adoption.
2. If developmentally appropriate, OAS will solicit and consider the
child’s wishes concerning adoption.
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