Or. Admin. Code § 413-020-0075

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 11, November 1, 2024

Section 413-020-0075 - Legal Consent

(1) Only a parent, guardian, or Indian custodian who has legal custody of the child or a young adult on their own behalf may enter into a Voluntary Placement Agreement.

(2) Persons who must sign the applicable Voluntary Placement Agreement (CF499 or CF 499a), include:

(a) All persons who have legal custody of the child unless one person with legal custody of the child is missing; or

(b) The young adult on their own behalf.

(3) If one person with legal custody of the child is missing, all other persons with legal custody of the child must sign the agreement and must provide the Department the persons and places likely to have knowledge of the missing person's whereabouts. The Department must immediately begin a reasonably diligent search to find the other person with legal custody of the child to provide them notice of the agreement.

(4) If the Department knows or has reason to know the child is an Indian child, who is an enrolled member of or may be eligible for membership in a Tribal Nation, the Department must refer to and comply with OAR chapter 413 division 115.

Or. Admin. Code § 413-020-0075

CWP 4-2007, f. & cert. ef. 3-20-07; CWP 19-2015, f. & cert. ef. 10/1/2015; CWP 2-2017(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 2-7-17 thru 8-5-17; CWP 9-2017, f. 8-5-17, cert. ef. 8/6/2017; CWP 123-2018, amend filed 12/12/2018, effective 12/12/2018; CWP 89-2023, amend filed 12/20/2023, effective 12/20/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 418.005 & ORS 409.050

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 418.015 & ORS 418.312