(a) Mandatory registration.--PACE shall register and be responsible for the review and referral of children for whom parental rights have been terminated for 90 days and for whom no report of intention to adopt has been filed in the court of common pleas.
(b) Optional registration.--PACE may also register children where restoration to the biological family is neither possible nor appropriate, a petition to terminate parental rights has been filed and adoption is planned pending identification of an adoptive parent or parents. However, information about these children shall not be publicized without prior approval by the department, which shall ensure the anonymity of these children until such time as parental rights are terminated.
(c) Children excluded from registration.--A child for whom termination of parental rights is being appealed in a court shall not be registered with PACE as available for adoption. Identifying information of such children shall be forwarded to PACE by the agency, with reference to the specific reason for which the child is not to be placed on the listing service.
Cross References. Section 2553 is referred to in section 2555 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 25 - Proceedings Prior to Petition to Adopt
Section 2501 - Relinquishment to agency
Section 2502 - Relinquishment to adult intending to adopt child
Section 2504 - Alternative procedure for relinquishment
Section 2504.1 - Confidentiality
Section 2511 - Grounds for involuntary termination
Section 2512 - Petition for involuntary termination
Section 2514 - Special provisions when child conceived as a result of rape or incest
Section 2521 - Effect of decree of termination
Section 2530 - Home study and preplacement report
Section 2531 - Report of intention to adopt
Section 2532 - Filing of report
Section 2533 - Report of intermediary
Section 2552 - Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange
Section 2553 - Registration of children
Section 2554 - Responsibilities of PACE
Section 2555 - Responsibilities of public and private agencies
Section 2556 - Related activities of agencies unaffected