Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 735 - INDEPENDENT COURT-ORDERED ADOPTION EVALUATIONS
Subchapter C - MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRE-PLACEMENT PORTION OF AN ADOPTION EVALUATION AND REPORT
Section 735.325 - What information must the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation report include?
Universal Citation: 40 TX Admin Code ยง 735.325
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The report must contain:
(1) Documentation of the
requirements in Subchapters B, C, and E of this Chapter, including
documentation of:
(A) Information that was
obtained through the review of documents, reports, and inspections;
and
(B) Interviews with the
adoptive parents and their family, collateral contacts, and the
child;
(2) Documentation
of the criminal history and central registry background check results and an
assessment of the results, including whether the results should bar placement
of the child with the adoptive parents, or the subsequent adoption of the child
by the adoptive parents;
(3)
Assessments of the:
(A) Adoptive parents and
their family's interaction with each other; and
(B) Relationship between the child and each
adoptive parent, if a relationship currently exists;
(4) An assessment of the child's present and
prospective physical, intellectual, social, and psychological
functioning;
(5) An assessment of
the basic care and safety issues, including the safety of the physical
environment of the adoptive home;
(6) An assessment of the adoptive parents'
individual strengths and weaknesses;
(7) Conclusions and recommendations to the
court as to whether the:
(A) Adoptive
parents' home environment will meet the child's needs once the child begins
living in the adoptive parents' home; and
(B) Adoptive parents appear to have the
ability to accept the child, assume parenting responsibilities, and adopt the
child in the next six months to a year;
(8) For each adoption evaluator that
conducted any part of the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation,
including interviewing participants; making home visits; making assessments,
conclusions, or recommendations; or writing the report:
(A) Their names, license numbers, if
applicable, and role in conducting the pre-placement portion of an adoption
evaluation; and
(B) A statement
that each adoption evaluator:
(i) Has read and
meets the qualification requirements of Texas Family Code § 107.154;
or
(ii) Was appointed by the court
under Texas Family Code § 107.155; and
(9) Telephone numbers for entities where it
is appropriate for the adoptive parents to file complaints about how the
pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation was conducted, including phone
numbers for:
(A) The court that ordered the
adoption evaluation; and
(B) The
board or agency that licenses the adoption evaluator who is primarily
responsible for the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation, if
applicable.
(b) The adoption evaluator primarily responsible for the pre-placement portion of an adoption evaluation must sign the report.
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