Section 28Sec./Art. 28

Issuance of Pre-Adoption Placement Authority (PAPA). Once a child is matched to an approved PAPs and was subsequently accepted, the NACC through the RACCO shall authorize the pre-adoption placement of the child to the PAPs if recommended by the appropriate social worker that there is a need for supervised trial custody prior to the filing of Petition for Adoption, and in cases when there is no decision on the Petition for Adoption within sixty (6)) calendar days from the receipt of the Deputy Director for Services of the positive recommendation of the RACCO on the petition, through no fault or negligence on the part of the PAPs.

In cases of adult or relative adoption, the PAPs shall automatically be issued a PAPA without undergoing the matching process.