Requirements to be approved as a Relative Resource Parent or a potential adoptive resource:

1. (1) The relative applicant be a minimum age of 18 years of age.
2. (2) Submission of a completed application on a form, and in the manner prescribed by the Department.

3. (3) When an individual is lawfully married, in a domestic partnership (as defined in ORS 106.310), or is cohabitating, each individual is required to apply, unless:

   1. (a) An individual is in the military and stationed out of the state; or
   2. (b) There are circumstances in which an individual will have limited responsibility for household management or care of a child in the care or custody Department.
   3. (c) There are circumstances in which the family dynamic is such that it is in the best interest of the child in the care or custody of the Department to allow an individual to be certified.
   4. (d) For (b) and (c) a Child Welfare Program Manager or designee approval is required.
   5. (e) When a relative applicant is applying to be a potential adoptive resource and the circumstances in (3)(b) and (c) apply, the Child Welfare Permanency Program Manager or designee must approve allowing only one individual to apply.
4. (4) The relative applicant must participate in the applicant assessment processes prescribed by the Department, and provide additional information requested by the Department to support the assessment; and
5. (5) The relative applicant must be determined by the Department to meet the qualifications and standards required by OAR 413-203-0000 to 413-203-0145, and for approval as a potential adoptive resource, OAR 413-120-0246.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 418.005 & ORS 409.050

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 409.050

History

CWP 20-2025, amend filed 12/23/2025, effective 01/01/2026
CWP 12-2025, adopt filed 08/07/2025, effective 08/11/2025
CWP 3-2025, temporary adopt filed 02/14/2025, effective 02/17/2025 through 08/15/2025