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Utah Code § 81-14-303

General adoption information

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 426, 2025 General Session

(1) Within a reasonable time before a child-placing agency places a minor child for adoption with a prospective adoptive parent, the child-placing agency shall provide or cause to be provided to the prospective adoptive parent general adoption information.

(2) The information under Subsection (1) shall address:

(a) possible physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral issues concerning:

(i) identity, loss, and trauma that a minor child might experience before, during, or after adoption; and

(ii) a minor child leaving familiar ties and surroundings;

(b) the effect that access to resources, including health insurance, might have on the ability of an adoptive parent to meet the needs of a minor child;

(c) causes of disruption of an adoptive placement or dissolution of an adoption and resources available to help avoid disruption or dissolution; and

(d) prohibitions under Sections 81-14-203 and 81-14-205.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.