SECTION 749.3601. What information must I provide to persons inquiring about agency adoption services?

Prior to establishing any formal relationship with prospective adoptive applicants, you must provide written information regarding:

(1) The services you provide, including counseling and post-adoptive services;

(2) Fee policies and payment procedures;

(3) Agency requirements and procedures;

(4) Legal requirements for adoption, including their right to have independent legal counsel for legal consummation. You may require that the legal counsel selected by the applicants be experienced in adoptions. If the attorney selected by the applicants is not experienced in adoptions, you may require the adoptive applicants to have an additional, experienced attorney handle the adoption requirements while allowing oversight by the applicants' choice of attorney; and

(5) Adoption registries.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.3601 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909