Title 49, Chapter 5, Section 15
( 49-5-15)
No person shall bring or send into the state any child for the
purpose of placing him or procuring his adoption without first
filing notice with the department. He shall file with the department
a bond payable to the state for each child he intends to send or
bring, approved by the department, in the penal sum of $1,000.00,
conditioned that he will not send or bring into the state any child
who is incorrigible or unsound in mind or body; that he will remove
any such child who becomes a public charge or who, in the opinion of
the department, becomes a menace to the community prior to his
adoption or becoming of legal age; and that the person with whom the
child is placed shall be responsible for his proper care and
training. Before any child shall be brought or sent into the state
for the purpose of placing him in a foster home, the person so
bringing or sending such child shall first notify the department of
his intention and shall obtain from the department a certificate
stating that such home is, in the opinion of the department, a
suitable home for the child. Such notification shall state the name,
age, and personal description of the child; the name and address of
the person with whom the child is to be placed; and such other
information as may be required by the department. The person
bringing or sending such child into the state shall report at least
once each year and at such other times as the department shall
direct as to the location and well-being of the child so long as
such child shall remain within the state and until he shall have
reached the age of 18 or shall have been legally adopted. |