Adoption agency means an agency, body, office or court, authorised by a Commonwealth or State law to perform functions about adoption.

Adoption agency or “agency” means a Wisconsin county department authorized under s. 48.57 (1) (e) or (hm), Stats., to place children for adoption, the department, a licensed child wel- fare agency authorized under ss. 48.60 and 48.61 (5), Stats., to accept guardianship and to place children under its guardianship for adoption or an American Indian tribal agency in this state.

Adoption agency means an agency licensed as a child-placing agency for the purpose of placing children into adoptive families.

Examples of Adoption agency in a sentence

The East Midlands Regional Adoption agency ‘went live’ in April 2019, and assumes responsibility for most adoption processes.
Adoption agency licenses are exempt under A.R.S. § 41-1037 and do not require a general permit.
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For instance St Catherine’s Adoption agency conduct assessments on behalf of MWHB.
Regulation 30B(1) (Adoption agency decision and notification) is amended to say that the adoption agency must decide whether the prospective adopter is suitable to adopt a child where reasonably practicable, within 4 months of the date the agency received notification that the prospectiveadopters wished to proceed with the assessment process, subject to para (2) which sets out where the agency may delay this decision.

More Definitions of Adoption agency

Adoption agency means an adoption authority or an appropriate voluntary organisation;

Adoption agency means an organization providing any of the following services:

Adoption agency means a public or private adoption agency that is licensed to accept guardianship and to place children under its guardianship for adoption, to license and maintain foster homes for the purpose of placing children for adoption, or both.

Adoption agency means the department of government or other body empowered by law to make an adoption order.

Adoption agency means an organization providing the services under any one of the following subsections:

Adoption agency means a body which may be referred to as an adoption agency by virtue of section 1 of the [1976 c. 36.] Adoption Act 1976;

Adoption agency means an “adoption agency” as defined in the Adoption Act;