As Amended
SEC. 43-15-15. Registry of children in custody of state department of public welfare and public or private agencies.
The state department of public welfare shall maintain a registry of children whose custody lies with them and private or public agencies licensed by the department. Said registry shall contain classifications of children as:
(a) Temporary custody for evaluation, not to exceed three (3) months;
(b) Temporary custody not to exceed one (1) year with the plan to return custody to the natural parents;
(c) Temporary custody, not to exceed two (2) years, with a plan to free for adoption;
(d) Children freed for adoption;
(e) Children ages fourteen (14) and above who have voluntarily chosen not to be adopted and cannot be returned to their own homes; and
(f) Children who are institutionalized and for whom placement in an adoptive home is not feasible.
SOURCES: Laws, 1978, ch. 443, Sec. 1(4), eff from and after passage (approved March 28, 1978).