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13.28 Adoption Judgment

Legal Authority

KRS 199.520 Judgments-Prerequisites-Orders-Name and legal status of child-Health history of biological parents and relatives to be given to adoptive parents...

922 KAR 1:010. Independent non-relative adoptions...

922 KAR 1:100 Public agency adoptions....

Introduction

Practice Guidance

After the entry of the order of adoption by the court, the Circuit court clerk mails a notice or copy of the judgment of adoption to the Adoption Services Branch.

Procedure

The R&C worker:

Retains responsibility for the case (agency or independent) until the adoption judgment is granted;
Completes the following tasks when the judgment has not been received within one-hundred, eighty (180) days after submission of the court report:

Verifies the status of the petition;
Checks with the family and the Circuit court clerk, if appropriate; and
Notifies the Adoption Services Branch of the outcome.

The Adoption Services Branch:

Notifies the SSW and FSOS of the order of adoption after receiving it from the Circuit court clerk;
Documents the adoption judgment date.

Documents

Revisions