42-3-201. Preplacement evaluation -- timing. (1) A child may not be placed for purposes of adoption unless the person with whom a child is proposed to be placed has had a preplacement evaluation completed to determine fitness and readiness as an adoptive parent.
     (2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the placing parent must be provided with a copy of the preplacement evaluation prior to execution of a relinquishment and consent to adoption of the child.
     (3) The required preplacement evaluation must provide all pertinent information pertaining to the topics identified in 42-3-203.

     History: En. Sec. 83, Ch. 480, L. 1997.