California Family Code

§ 8707

FAM § 8707 Effective Jun 27, 2012Div. 13 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)The department shall establish a statewide photo-listing service to serve all county adoption agencies and licensed adoption agencies in the state as a means of recruiting adoptive families. The department shall adopt regulations governing the operations of the photo-listing service and shall establish procedures for monitoring compliance with this section.

(b)The photo-listing service shall maintain child specific information that, except as provided in this section, contains a photograph and description of each child who has been legally freed for adoption and whose case plan goal is adoption. Registration of children with the photo-listing service and notification by the licensed adoption agency of changes in a child’s photo-listing status shall be reflected in the photo-listing service within 30 working days of receipt of the registration or notification.

(c)The photo-listing service shall be provided to all county adoption agencies, licensed adoption agencies, adoption support groups, and state, regional, and national photo-listings and exchanges requesting copies of the photo-listing service.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 20. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.