Utah Code 78B-24-305. Guidance and instruction
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(1) A child-placing agency placing a child for adoption shall provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent guidance and instruction specific to the child to help prepare the parent to respond effectively to needs of the child which are known or reasonably ascertainable by the child-placing agency.
Terms Used In Utah Code 78B-24-305
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Child: means an unemancipated individual under 18 years old. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
- Child-placing agency: means a person with authority under other law of this state to identify or place a child for adoption. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
- Intercountry adoption: includes an adoption finalized in the child's country of residence or in a state. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
- Parent: means an individual recognized as a parent under other law of this state. See Utah Code 78B-24-101
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- prospective adoptive parent: means an individual who has been approved or permitted under other law of this state to adopt a child. See Utah Code 78B-24-301
- United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) The guidance and instruction under Subsection (1) shall address, if applicable:
(2)(a) the potential effect on the child of:
(2)(a)(i) previous adoption or out-of-home placement;
(2)(a)(ii) multiple previous adoptions or out-of-home placements;
(2)(a)(iii) trauma, insecure attachment, fetal alcohol exposure, or malnutrition;
(2)(a)(iv) neglect, abuse, drug exposure, or similar adversity;
(2)(a)(v) separation from a sibling or significant caregiver; and
(2)(a)(vi) a difference in ethnicity, race, or cultural identity between the child and the prospective adoptive parent or other child of the parent;
(2)(b) information available from the federal government on the process for the child to acquire United States citizenship; and
(2)(c) any other matter the child-placing agency considers material to the adoption.
(3) The guidance and instruction under Subsection (1) shall be provided:
(3)(a) for adoption of a child residing in the United States, a reasonable time before the adoption is finalized; or
(3)(b) for an intercountry adoption, in accordance with federal law.