Vermont § 5905 - Retention of jurisdiction—Article V [Contingently repealed; effective until contingency met]

§ 5905. Retention of jurisdiction—Article V [Contingently repealed; effective until contingency met]

• (a) The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine
  all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment, and disposition
  of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency’s
  state, until the child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting, or is
  discharged with the concurrence of the appropriate authority in the receiving state.
  Such jurisdiction shall also include the power to effect or cause the return of the
  child or its transfer to another location and custody pursuant to law. The sending
  agency shall continue to have financial responsibility for support and maintenance
  of the child during the period of the placement. Nothing contained herein shall defeat
  a claim of jurisdiction by a receiving state sufficient to deal with an act of delinquency
  or crime committed therein. (b) When the sending agency is a public agency, it may enter into an agreement with an
  authorized public or private agency in the receiving state providing for the performance
  of one or more services in respect of such case by the latter as agent for the sending
  agency. (c) Nothing in this compact shall be construed to prevent a private charitable agency
  authorized to place children in the receiving state from performing services or acting
  as agent in that state for a private charitable agency of the sending state; nor to
  prevent the agency in the receiving state from discharging financial responsibility
  for the support and maintenance of a child who has been placed on behalf of the sending
  agency without relieving the responsibility set forth in subsection (a) hereof. (Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 5, eff. April 5, 1972.) § 5905. Retention of jurisdiction—Article V [Contingently repealed; effective until contingency
  met] (Added 1971, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 4, 5, eff. April 5, 1972; contingently repealed by 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.) § 5905. Placement evaluation [Contingently enacted] (a) Prior to sending, bringing, or causing a child to be sent or brought into a receiving
  state, the public child placing agency shall provide a written request for assessment
  to the receiving state. (b) For placements by a private child placing agency, a child may be sent or brought,
  or caused to be sent or brought, into a receiving state, upon receipt and immediate
  review of the required content in a request for approval of a placement in both the
  sending and receiving state public child placing agency. The required content to accompany
  a request for approval shall include all of the following: (1) a request for approval identifying the child, birth parent or parents, the prospective
  adoptive parent or parents, and the supervising agency, signed by the person requesting
  approval; (2) the appropriate consents or relinquishments signed by the birth parents in accordance
  with the laws of the sending state or, where permitted, the laws of the state where
  the adoption will be finalized; (3) certification by a licensed attorney or authorized agent of a private adoption agency
  that the consent or relinquishment is in compliance with the applicable laws of the
  sending state or, where permitted, the laws of the state where finalization of the
  adoption will occur; (4) a home study; and (5) an acknowledgment of legal risk signed by the prospective adoptive parents. (c) The sending state and the receiving state may request additional information or documents
  prior to finalization of an approved placement, but they may not delay travel by the
  prospective adoptive parents with the child if the required content for approval has
  been submitted, received, and reviewed by the public child placing agency in both
  the sending state and the receiving state. (d) Approval from the public child placing agency in the receiving state for a provisional
  or approved placement is required as provided for in the rules of the Interstate Commission. (e) The procedures for making and the request for an assessment shall contain all information
  and be in such form as provided for in the rules of the Interstate Commission. (f) Upon receipt of a request from the public child placing agency of the sending state,
  the receiving state shall initiate an assessment of the proposed placement to determine
  its safety and suitability. If the proposed placement is a placement with a relative,
  the public child placing agency of the sending state may request a determination for
  a provisional placement. (g) The public child placing agency in the receiving state may request from the public
  child placing agency or the private child placing agency in the sending state, and
  shall be entitled to receive, supporting or additional information necessary to complete
  the assessment or approve the placement. (h) The public child placing agency in the receiving state shall approve a provisional
  placement and complete or arrange for the completion of the assessment within the
  time frames established by the rules of the Interstate Commission. (i) For a placement by a private child placing agency, the sending state shall not impose
  any additional requirements to complete the home study that are not required by the
  receiving state, unless the adoption is finalized in the sending state. (j) The Interstate Commission may develop uniform standards for the assessment of the
  safety and suitability of interstate placements. (Contingently added 2021, No. 101 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)