Adoption

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Adoption

• Coun 150 Laws Relating to Children
• Richard M. Cartier
• Class 9 Pages 261-333

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Reunification or Termination

• The reasonable efforts requirement
• The Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997
• Requires states to terminate parental rights if
  the child cannot be returned home
• Terminating parental rights

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After termination

• Long term foster care
• Guardianship
• Adoption

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Adoption in California

• Agency adoptions
• Independent adoptions
• Stepparent adoptions
• Adult adoptions

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Ages and criteria

• Adoptor must be 10 years older that adoptee
  UNLESS . . . .
• If older than 12, the adoptee must consent
• To being adopted
• To being adopted by these people

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Hot topics and the ASFA

• Race and Religion
• Sexual preference same sex adoptions
• Adoption fairs Are they unfair?