Assembly Bill 600

Relating to: the placement of a child with a relative for adoption and application of the interstate compact on the placement of children; the time by which a juvenile court must hold a hearing on a petition for adoptive placement of a child with a nonrelative and a petition to terminate parental rights that is filed with a petition for adoptive placement; removal of a child from a foster home, treatment foster home or group home for the purpose of placing the child by an agency for adoption; education about adoption and school age parents programs; who may be adopted; the documentation required in a permanency plan for preadoptive placement of a child in foster care or treatment foster care under a voluntary agreement; payments by an adoptive or proposed adoptive parent for the expenses of a birth parent or child; the release of identifying information by an agency that placed a child for adoption or that was appointed guardian of a child who was adopted; advertising related to adoption; the time by which a petition for a rehearing on the ground of new evidence must be filed in a juvenile court proceeding; and providing a penalty. (FE) relating to: the placement of a child with a relative for adoption and application of the interstate compact on the placement of children; the time by which a juvenile court must hold a hearing on a petition for adoptive placement of a child with a nonrelative and a petition to terminate parental rights that is filed with a petition for adoptive placement; removal of a child from a foster home, treatment foster home or group home for the purpose of placing the child by an agency for adoption; education about adoption and school age parents programs; who may be adopted; the documentation required in a permanency plan for preadoptive placement of a child in foster care or treatment foster care under a voluntary agreement; payments by an adoptive or proposed adoptive parent for the expenses of a birth parent or child; the release of identifying information by an agency that placed a child for adoption or that was appointed guardian of a child who was adopted; advertising related to adoption; the time by which a petition for a rehearing on the ground of new evidence must be filed in a juvenile court proceeding; and providing a penalty. (FE)