DCF 51.03   When preadoption training is required.

DCF 51.04   Who may provide training.

DCF 51.05   Content and number of hours.

DCF 51.06   Format of training.

DCF 51.07   Credit for foster parent training.

DCF 51.08   Competency in the required training topics.

DCF 51.09   Training documentation.

DCF 51.10   Postadoption training.

Ch. DCF 51 Note Note: Chapter HSS 51 was renumbered to chapter HFS 51 under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register, May, 1999, No. 521. Chapter HFS 51 was renumbered to chapter DCF 51 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635. Chapter DCF 51 was repealed and a new chapter DCF 51 created effective September 1, 2018 by CR 18-001.

DCF 51.01 DCF 51.01 Authority and purpose. This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 48.84 and 227.11 (2), Stats., to establish the topics and procedures for the preadoption training required for prospective adoptive parents who have not previously adopted a child.

DCF 51.01 History History: CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18.

DCF 51.02 DCF 51.02 Definitions. In this chapter:

DCF 51.02(1) (1) “Adoption” means a process provided by law to establish the legal relationship of parent and child between persons who do not have that relationship by birth, with the same mutual rights and obligations that exist between the child and the child’s birth parents.

DCF 51.02(2) (2) “Adoption agency” means the department of children and families; a county department under s. 46.22 or 46.23, Stats.; a tribal child welfare department in this state; or a licensed child welfare agency with powers and duties under ss. 48.60 and 48.61 (5) and (7), Stats.

DCF 51.02(3) (3) “Foster parent” means a person licensed under s. 48.62 (1), Stats., and ch. DCF 56.

DCF 51.02(4) (4) “Preadoption training” means the preadoption preparation required under s. 48.84 (1), (2), and (2g), Stats.

DCF 51.02(5) (5) “Proposed adoptive parent” means an individual that an adoption agency has identified as the prospective adoptive parent for a specific child.

DCF 51.02(6) (6) “Prospective adoptive parent” means an individual who is going through the process to become an adoptive parent for a child.

DCF 51.02 History History: CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18; correction in numbering under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register August 2018 No. 752.

DCF 51.03 DCF 51.03 When preadoption training is required. A prospective adoptive parent who has not previously adopted a child shall complete preadoption training before any of the following:

DCF 51.03(1) (1) A child may be placed under s. 48.833, Stats., for adoption by the proposed adoptive parent.

DCF 51.03(2) (2) The proposed adoptive parent may petition for placement of a child for adoption under s. 48.837, Stats.

DCF 51.03(3) (3) The proposed adoptive parent may bring a child into this state for adoption under s. 48.839, Stats.

DCF 51.03 History History: CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18.

DCF 51.04 DCF 51.04 Who may provide training. Only an entity authorized under s. 48.84 (1), Stats., may provide preadoption training.

DCF 51.04 History History: CR 18-001: cr. Register August 2018 No. 752, eff. 9-1-18.

DCF 51.05 DCF 51.05 Content and number of hours.

DCF 51.05(1) (1) A prospective adoptive parent shall complete at least 25 hours of preadoption training that includes all of the following topics: