R21-5-308. Termination of Adoption Services

A. The Department may terminate services to an applicant or adoptive parent when: 1. The adoption is finalized; 2. The applicant or adoptive parent requests closure before receiving a child for placement; 3. The applicant or adoptive parent ceases to be a resident of Arizona before receiving a child for placement; 4. The court declines to certify the applicant or adoptive parent; 5. The applicant or adoptive parent refuses to comply with the requirements in A.R.S. Title 8, Chapter 1, Article 1, or this Chapter, Articles 3 and 4; 6. The applicant fails to submit a completed certification application within 90 days of the date on which the Department sent the person an application form; 7. The adoptive parent is no longer willing to be an adoptive parent; or. 8. The adoptive parent is no longer certified to adopt. B. The Department may terminate adoption services to an adoptive child when: 1. The court issues a final adoption order; or 2. The court determines that adoption is no longer the most appropriate case plan for the child, and the Department provides alternate services consistent with the child’s new case plan.