Definiciones y Registro en el Intercambio de Adopción de Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

Esta ley habla sobre cómo se manejan los niños que necesitan ser adoptados en Pensilvania. Si un niño no tiene papás por un tiempo, se registra para encontrarle una nueva familia. A veces, no se puede decir quién es el niño hasta que se resuelva su situación legal.

Es como cuando en una tienda de mascotas hay animales que necesitan un hogar. Los animales son registrados y se les busca una familia, pero algunos no se pueden mostrar hasta que estén listos para ser adoptados.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que hay un niño llamado Lucas que ha estado en el sistema de cuidado temporal porque sus papás no pueden cuidarlo. Después de 90 días sin que alguien haya dicho que quiere adoptarlo, el programa de adopción de Pensilvania lo registra para encontrarle una nueva familia. Sin embargo, hasta que se resuelva todo legalmente, su información se mantiene en secreto.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

23 Pa.C.S. 2551 - Definitions The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Department."The Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth. "PACE."The Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange. References in Text.The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014. 23 Pa.C.S. 2552 - Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange There shall be a Pennsylvania Adoption Cooperative Exchange in the Office of Children, Youth and Families of the Department of Public Welfare. References in Text.The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014. 23 Pa.C.S. 2553 - Registration Of Children (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. I