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Title 22 - Social SecurityDivision 2 - Department of Social Services-Department of Health ServicesPart 2 - Health and Welfare Agency-Department of Health Services RegulationsSubdivision 4 - Institutions and Boarding Homes for Persons Aged 16 and AboveChapter 3 - Adoptions Program Regulations [Renumbered]Subchapter 6 - Procedures for Intercountry Adoptions
Article 3 - Assessment of the Applicant
Section 35257 - Requirement for Assessment of Applicant

Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22 § 35257

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Current through Register 2025 Notice Reg. No. 2, January 10, 2025
Section 35257 - Requirement for Assessment of Applicant
(a) The agency shall make a written assessment of each applicant seeking to adopt children for whom the agency needs adoptive parents in order to determine the applicant's suitability as a prospective adoptive parent.
(1) The written assessment shall be the basis for the agency's decision as to whether the applicant will be approved for the adoptive placement of a child.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 35257

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 NOTE filed 3-27-95 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 95, No. 13).

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.