Section 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: (b) Eighteen years of age or older; and(c) Has an approved adoptive home study.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.