OAR 413-130-0112
Required Communication
(1)
A pre-adoptive family or adoptive family receiving adoption assistance must immediately report, orally or in writing, to the Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Unit any changes in circumstances of the child or young adult, pre-adoptive family or adoptive family that makes the child or young adult ineligible for adoption assistance including, but not limited to when:(a)
The child or young adult:(A)
Is emancipated;(B)
Dies;(C)
Marries;(D)
Enlists in the military; or(E)
No longer meets the eligibility requirements for extension of adoption assistance under OAR 413-130-0055 (Extension of Adoption Assistance for a Young Adult).(b)
The parental rights of the adoptive parent or, if there is more than one adoptive parent, both adoptive parents to the child or young adult have been terminated or relinquished.(2)
A pre-adoptive family or adoptive family receiving adoption assistance must immediately report, orally or in writing, to the Department’s Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Unit any changes in circumstances of the child or young adult, pre-adoptive family or adoptive family that may make the child or young adult ineligible for adoption assistance or eligible for an adoption assistance payment in a different amount including when:(a)
The child or young adult:(A)
Is out of the home of the pre-adoptive family or adoptive parent for more than a thirty-day period or, if more than one adoptive parent, is out of the home of both adoptive parents for more than a thirty-day period;(B)
Has a change in behavior and functioning that meets the eligibility requirements for a CANS screening referral set forth in Oregon Administrative Rules (OAR) 413-020-0230 (Referral for and Review of the CANS Screening)(5).(C)
Is placed in substitute care;(D)
Is no longer receiving financial support from the pre-adoptive family or the adoptive parent or, if there is more than one adoptive parent, both adoptive parents;(E)
Is incarcerated for more than a thirty-day period; or(F)
Has a change in any benefit received.(b)
A pre-adoptive family or an adoptive parent is, or if more than one adoptive parent, both adoptive parents are:(A)
No longer legally responsible for the financial support of the child or young adult;(B)
No longer responsible for the child or young adult; or(C)
No longer providing support to the child or young adult.(3)
A pre-adoptive family or adoptive family receiving an adoption assistance payment must immediately report, orally or in writing, to the Adoption Assistance and Guardianship Assistance Unit the following:(a)
When there is a change of address.(b)
When the pre-adoptive family or adoptive family, child or young adult is planning to move from his or her state of residency.(c)
When there are two adoptive parents and one adoptive parent dies, the surviving adoptive parent must notify the Department.
Source:
Rule 413-130-0112 — Required Communication, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=413-130-0112.