1. (a) The agency shall conduct interviews as necessary to make the assessment.

   1. (1) The agency shall conduct at least one interview in the home of the petitioners as soon as possible and no later than thirty days after the receipt of an endorsed copy of the adoption petition.
   2. (2) The agency shall conduct separate interviews with each petitioner, if there is more than one petitioner.
   3. (3) The agency shall conduct a joint interview with the petitioners, if there is more than one petitioner.
   4. (4) The agency shall conduct interviews with all other adults and have contact with all children who live in the petitioner's home.
   5. (5) The agency shall make another contact with the petitioners if the court report is submitted more than three months after the last contact with the petitioners.

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

History

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 Note filed 12-29-94; operative 1-1-95 (Register 94, No. 52).

4. Editorial correction of History 3 (Register 95, No. 13).