- (1) The child-placing agency shall ensure that the child has full protection of the law through completion of legal adoption in accordance with Title 26, Chapter 10, Sections 10 A and 10 C, Code of Ala. 1975 (see copy of the Alabama Adoption Law in the addendum), or appropriate adoption laws where the child lives.
- (2) If the adoptive family moves to another state during the adoption process (in advance of a Final Order of Adoption being issued by the court), the agency which placed the child shall request services through the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children of a corresponding agency or the state social service agency in the other state to follow up on required visits to the family’s new home and submit a report in writing to the placing agency.
Author: Jerome Webb
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §§38-7-1 through -17,
§§41-22-7 through -17.
History: Effective October 16, 1989. Emergency amendment effective February 12, 1990. Succedent permanent amendment effective May 9, 1990. Repealed and New Rule: Filed October 7, 2002; effective November 11, 2002.