WAC 110-80-0070. Under what circumstances would it be against the best interest of the child to search for a family that could adopt the child without adoption support?

(1) When a foster parent desires to adopt a child who: (a) Has been in the foster parent's home for three months or more before that child becomes legally free for adoption; (b) The child has close emotional ties to the current foster parent which, if severed, may cause emotional damage to the child; and (c) The foster parent has an approved adoptive home study, and is identified as the adoptive parent of choice by the department or placing agency staff (RCW 26.33.190 ); or (2) The adoptive parent is a relative of the child as defined in RCW 74.15.020 (2)(a) and has an approved adoptive home study that meets the requirements of RCW 26.33.190 .