Section 29Sec./Art. 29

Supervised Trial Custody (STC). Upon the recommendation of the adoption social worker of the need for STC, and after the matching process and issuance of the PAPA, the NACC through the RACCO shall give the adopters an STC over the adoptee for a period of not more than six (6) months within which the parties are expected to adjust psychologically and emotionally to each other and establish a bonding relationship. The STC shall be supervised and monitored monthly by the adoption social worker who prepared the child case study and home study report, and who shall submit a report regarding the placement.

The PAPs shall assume all the responsibilities, rights, and duties to which the biological parents are entitled from the date the adoptee is placed with the prospective adopters.

The STC may be waived in all cases of stepchild, relative, infant, or adult adoptions, as assessed and recommended by the adoption social worker.

Further, for regular cases, the STC may be reduced or waived depending on the assessment and recommendation of the adoption social worker, and the express consent of the PAPs.

For independently placed cases, the adoption social worker shall prepare one post-placement report recommending the qualified adoptive parents to continue their parental obligations towards the child or adoptee.