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Title 22 - Social SecurityDivision 2 - Department of Social Services-Department of Health ServicesPart 2 - Health and Welfare Agency-Department of Health Services RegulationsSubdivision 4 - Institutions and Boarding Homes for Persons Aged 16 and AboveChapter 3 - Adoptions Program Regulations [Renumbered]Subchapter 4 - Procedures for Independent Adoptions
Article 1 - Agency Responsibility
Section 35081 - Assessment of Petitioners

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22 § 35081

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Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 45, November 8, 2024
Section 35081 - Assessment of Petitioners
(a) The agency shall assess the adoptive petitioners to determine their suitability as adoptive parents.
(1) The agency shall initiate the assessment immediately upon receipt of an endorsed copy of the adoption petition.
(2) The assessment shall be documented in the adoption case record.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 35081

1. New section filed 9-1-87; operative 10-1-87. Ed. Note: The printing of this regulation was delayed due to necessary reformatting (Register 88, No. 50). For history of former chapter 3, see Register 88, No. 1.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 8-2-91 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 91, No. 52).
3. Amendment of subsection (a), new subsection (a)(2) and amendment of NOTE filed 12-29-94; operative 1-1-95 (Register 94, No. 52).
4. Editorial correction of HISTORY 3 (Register 95, No. 13).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 8621, Family Code. Reference: Sections 8806, 8807 and 8808, Family Code.