Utah § 80-2-803 - Division promotion of adoption -- Adoption research and informational pamphlet.
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§ 80-2-803. Division promotion of adoption -- Adoption research and informational pamphlet.
80-2-803. Division promotion of adoption -- Adoption research and informational pamphlet.
The division shall:
| (1) | actively promote the adoption of all children in the division's custody who have a final plan for termination of parental rights under Section 80-3-409 or a primary permanency plan of adoption; |
| (2) | develop plans for the effective use of cross-jurisdictional resources to facilitate timely adoptive or permanent placements for waiting children; |
| (3) | obtain information or conduct research regarding prior adoptive families to determine what families may do to be successful with an adoptive child; |
| (4) | make the information or research described in Subsection (3) available to potential adoptive parents; |
| (5) | prepare a pamphlet that explains the information that a child-placing agency is required to provide a potential adoptive parent under Section 81-14-303; |
| (6) | regularly distribute copies of the pamphlet described in Subsection (5) to child-placing agencies; and |
| (7) | respond to an inquiry made as a result of the notice provided by a child-placing agency under Section 81-14-303. |
Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session
Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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