Section 3130.42. Requirements relating to the interstate placement of children in noncompact states

(a) If a county agency plans to send a child to a noncompact state for the purpose of placement or adoption, the county agency shall first inform the Interstate Office of the Department which will immediately send the information to the appropriate department of government of the receiving state.

(b) The county agency shall perform adoptive home studies and reviews of proposed placements for noncompact states upon written request of the Interstate Office of the Department.

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Notes of Decisions

Dependency

Considering enormous implications of dependency finding, such a determination can only be made in compliance with statutory requirements regarding dependency determinations and cannot be made by trial court sua sponte without petition for dependency having been filed. Fallaro v. Yeager, 528 A.2d 222 (Pa. Super. 1987).