1. (a) The agency shall inform the applicant of the following:

   1. (1) The policies of a foreign agency may preclude placement of a foreign-born child with certain individuals or families.
   2. (2) Availability of a grievance review process in accordance with Subchapter 5, Article 9, Section 35233 et seq.
   3. (3) The applicant's responsibility to pay for transportation of the foreign-born child from the child's native country to the child's final destination in California.
   4. (4) The applicant's responsibility for the foreign-born child adopted under the laws of the child's native country.

   5. (5) If the applicant is going to adopt the foreign-born child under the laws of the child's native country:

      1. (A) Readopting the foreign-born child in California when required by INS or petitioning the court for a California birth certificate.

         1. 1. The agency that completed the assessment pursuant to Section 35257 shall provide all agency services to the applicant to assist him or her in completing the adoption in California to include but not limit to completing the required report to the court required by Subchapter 6, Article 8, Section 35313 et seq.
   6. (6) The applicant's responsibility pursuant to Family Code Section 8903(b) for the foreign-born child when he or she has received guardianship of the child under the laws of the child's native country.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code; Section 1530, Health and Safety Code; and Sections 8621 and 8901, Family Code. Reference: Sections 8900, 8902 and 8904, 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. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a)(5)(A)-(a)(6) and Note filed 3-27-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 13).