NAC127.361. Types of adoptions offered; counseling for biological and adoptive parents, and adopted children and adults.

An agency which provides child welfare services:

     1. Shall offer traditional adoptions in which:

     (a) The adoptive parents are selected by the agency;

     (b) No personally identifying information regarding the adoptive parents is provided to the biological parents; and

     (c) No personally identifying information regarding the biological parents is provided to the adoptive parents.

     2. May offer semitraditional adoptions in which:

     (a) The adoptive parents are selected by the biological parents based upon information provided by the agency;

     (b) No personally identifying information regarding the adoptive parents is provided to the biological parents; and

     (c) No personally identifying information regarding the biological parents is provided to the adoptive parents.

     3. May offer semiopen adoptions in which:

     (a) The adoptive parents are selected by the biological parents based upon information provided by the agency and meetings between the biological parents and prospective adoptive parents at the facilities of the agency; and

     (b) With the agency acting as a facilitator, any information may be exchanged between the biological parents and prospective adoptive parents except their respective names and addresses.

     4. May offer open adoptions in which:

     (a) The adoptive parents are selected by the biological parents based upon information provided by the agency;

     (b) Personally identifying information is shared between the biological and prospective adoptive parents if both parties agree after an introductory face-to-face meeting at the facilities of the agency; and

     (c) Contact between the adoptive family and biological parent may be arranged, if that contact is agreed upon by all persons involved.

     5. Shall, for each type of adoption it provides, offer counseling to biological and adoptive parents, and to adopted children and adults, following the completion of adoption.

     (Added to NAC by Div. of Child & Fam. Services by R056-02, eff. 7-30-2002)