PDFWAC 110-60-0120
When must the department follow a voluntary adoption plan?
The department must follow the voluntary plan for adoption if:
(1) The prospective adoptive parents chosen by the parent are properly qualified to adopt in compliance with chapter 26.33 RCW or WAC 388-25-0025; and
(2) The court determines that this adoption is in the best interest of the child; and
(3) The VAP is proposed to the department before a petition for termination of the parent-child relationship has been filed.
[WSR 18-14-078, recodified as § 110-60-0120, filed 6/29/18, effective 7/1/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, § 388-27-0060, filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.]