The Foster Home Network is construed to be a group of families registered in the State-funded child protection program, which are willing to receive minors voluntarily and immediately, so as to provide them with the necessary care in a temporary manner.
These homes shall not be entitled to adopt a minor under their care unless they are registered in the Commonwealth Voluntary Adoption Registry (REVA, Spanish acronym), have been recommended by the Adoption Center of the Department of the Family, and when parental rights for such minor have been terminated.
History —Dec. 16, 2011, No. 246, § 19, eff. 90 days after Dec. 16, 2011.