7/26/2023
- Central office staff notifies the recruitment and certification (R&C) worker or private child placing (PCP) provider to prepare the court report upon receipt of the adoption petition from the Circuit court clerk. 1
- The R&C worker or PCP provider writes the report to the court, keeping in mind the purposes of the report as stated below: 2
C. Forwards the original
and one (1) copy of the court report and attachments to the supervisor, and
ensures the report and all documents are uploaded into TWIST.
retains the remaining copy for the local file; and D. Prepares a cover letter in
duplicate quadruplicate addressed to the circuit court judge, post-dated five (5) working days, for the appropriate FSOS's signature.
4. The SSW completes the
DPP-191 t
o the best of their ability from information obtained from the case record or interviews with family members when unable to obtain completed DPP-191’s and DPP-192’s from one (1) or more birth parents.
or has been unable to obtain the information and: - Documents that the parents failed to complete the forms and explain efforts by the agency to provide as much information as known the absence of the forms in the cover letter;
- One (1) signed copy of the cover letter to the worker;
- One (1) signed copy of the cover letter and court report to staff in central office; and
6. The R&C supervisor submits a consent to adopt with the court report for agency and
private child care (PCC) adoptions of children committed to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS/Cabinet).
- The PCP provider prepares an original and two (2) copies of the court report and submits to the SSW.