N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:50-5.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 3A:50-5.9 - Post-adoption services

(a) After the child has been legally adopted, the agency shall provide the opportunity for the clients to return voluntarily to the agency for services relating to adoption only after verifying the identity of the person making the request.

(b) An agency shall provide the following post-adoption services:

1. Storing updated information provided by the birth parent(s), adoptee or adoptive parent(s) with the medical information form, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:50-3.6(d)6;

2. Upon request and if available, adoptive applicants, birth parents, and adult adoptees shall be provided with written information on the non-identifying characteristics and background of the adoptee and the adoptee's birth family. This information shall include, but not be limited to:

i. Age or date of birth;

ii. Circumstances surrounding the placement;

iii. Religion;

iv. Education;

v. Nationality and ethnic background;

vi. Employment history;

vii. Medical history; and

viii. Talents or hobbies.

3. Information about and referral to community resources, such as other counseling services, support groups, adoption registries, or sources of personal information that may be useful to adoptees, birth parents, or adoptive parents, or their relatives.

(c) An agency should counsel members of the birth family, adoptive family, or minor and adult adoptees in the following situations:

1. When there is continued interest in background information about any other party involved in the adoption; or

2. When any party involved in the adoption is having difficulty in personal or social adjustment to the extent that it is related to the adoption.

(d) For a foreign adoption, as specified at N.J.A.C. 3A:50-1.5(b)2, the agency shall conduct at least one visit to the home within 30 days after the child has entered the United States with the adoptive family and shall comply with each country's supervision and visitation requirements and relevant requirements of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption and the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012, 42 U.S.C. §§ 14922 et seq., when the child has entered the United States with the adoptive family.

N.J. Admin. Code § 3A:50-5.9

Amended by R.1992 d.514, effective 12/21/1992.
See: 24 N.J.R. 3500(a), 24 N.J.R. 4552(a).
Information to be provided specified further at (b)2.
Amended by R.1995 d.431, effective 8/7/1995.
See: 27 N.J.R. 661(a), 27 N.J.R. 2922(a).
In (c), agency counseling of birth or adoptive families and minor or adult adoptees made mandatory.
Amended by R.2011 d.245, effective 10/3/2011.
See: 42 N.J.R. 1965(a), 43 N.J.R. 2600(a).
Added (d).
Amended by R.2016 d.052, effective 6/6/2016.
See: 47 N.J.R. 3078(a), 48 N.J.R. 103(a), 48 N.J.R. 965(a).
In the introductory paragraph of (b)2, substituted "applicants" for the first occurrence of "parents", and inserted a comma following the second occurrence of "parents"; in (b)2v, substituted "Nationality and ethnic" for "Nationality/ethnic"; in (c)2, substituted "or" for "and/or"; and in (d), inserted "and the Intercountry Adoption Universal Accreditation Act of 2012, 42 U.S.C. §§ 14922 et seq.,".