§ 8911 Adoption Petition Deadline

• •If you want to adopt a child, you must ask the court officially within 30 days of the child coming to live with you.
• •This is a rule to make sure the adoption process starts quickly.
• •If you don’t do this, you might not be able to adopt the child.

A family takes in a foster child they want to adopt.

They have 30 days to tell the court they want to adopt the child. If they wait too long, they might lose the chance to make it official.