Utah Code § 80-2-804

Current through the 2024 Third Special Session
Section 80-2-804 - Adoptive placement time frame - Division contracts with child-placing agencies
(1) Subject to this part, for a child who has a primary permanency plan of adoption or for whom a final plan for pursuing termination of parental rights is approved in accordance with Section 80-3-409, the division shall make intensive efforts to place the child in an adoptive home within 30 days after the earlier of the day on which:
(a) the final plan is approved; or
(b) the primary permanency plan is established.
(2) If within the time periods described in Subsection (1) the division is unable to locate a suitable adoptive home, the division shallcontract with a variety of child-placing agencies licensed under Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities, to search for an appropriate adoptive home for the child, and to place the child for adoption.

Utah Code § 80-2-804

Amended by Chapter 330, 2023 General Session ,§ 132, eff. 5/3/2023.
Renumbered from § 62A-4a-205.6 by Chapter 334, 2022 General Session ,§ 68, eff. 9/1/2022.
Amended by Chapter 262, 2021 General Session ,§ 50, eff. 9/1/2021.
Amended by Chapter 148, 2017 General Session ,§ 5, eff. 5/9/2017.
Amended by Chapter 322, 2015 General Session ,§ 2, eff. 5/12/2015.
Amended by Chapter 438, 2013 General Session ,§ 1, eff. 5/14/2013.
Amended by Chapter 3, 2008 General Session