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Effective: 7/26/2023

13.28 Adoption Judgment

Legal Authority

Introduction

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Practice Guidance

  • ​​After the entry of the order of adoption by the court, the circuit court clerk mails or emails (adoptionservicesbranch@ky.gov) a notice or copy of the judgment of adoption to the Adoption Services Branch.​

Procedure

The R&C worker:
  1. Retains responsibility for the case (agency or independent) until the adoption judgment is entered; 
  2. Completes the following tasks when the judgment has not been received within one-hundred, eighty (180) days after submission of the court report: 
    1. Verifies the status of the petition; 
    2. Checks with the family and the circuit court clerk, if appropriate; and 
    3. Notifies the Adoption Services Branch of the outcome.​
  3. Documents the adoption judgment date in TWIST for agency cases. 
The Adoption Services Branch:
  1. Documents the date of every adoption petition and judgment on the petition log maintained by central office. adoption judgment date.



Documents

Revisions

​7/26/2023

  • ​​After the entry of the order of adoption by the court, the circuit court clerk mails or emails (adoptionservicesbranch@ky.gov) a notice or copy of the judgment of adoption to the Adoption Services Branch.​


1.  Retains responsibility for the case (agency or independent) until the adoption judgment is entered granted;​

  1. Notifies the SSW and FSOS of the order of adoption after receiving it from the Circuit court clerk; 
  1. Documents the date of every adoption petition and judgment on the petition log maintained by central office. adoption judgment date.