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Michigan Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 16, 2016) |
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Department HS. Health and Human Services |
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Childrens Services Agency |
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Chapter Child Placing Agencies |
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Part 7. ADOPTION PLACEMENT SERVICES |
Section 400.12713. Adoption placement record.
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(1) An agency shall permanently retain a case record for each adoptive child after adoptive placement except as identified in subrule 5 of this rule.
(2) The record shall contain all of the following:
(a) Orientation documentation as required by R 400.12707.
(b) Evaluation documentation as required by R 400.12708.
(c) Placement documentation as required by R 400.12709.
(d) Supervision documentation as required by R 400.12711.
(3) If a branch or associate office of a child-placing agency ceases to operate, then the agency shall forward the branch’s or office’s adoption records to the central office of the branch or associate office.
(4) If a child-placing agency ceases to operate, then the agency shall forward its records to the Michigan department of human services.
(5) The Michigan department of human services must permanently retain all adoption records for children adopted from Michigan’s child welfare system. The adoption agency must forward any adoption records for children adopted from the Michigan child welfare system to the department one year after finalization of the adoption. The adoption agency may not retain the original copies or any other copies of the adoption records.
History: 1998-2000 AACS; 2014 AACS.