Who is eligible for Post Adoption Services?
All families of children adopted through DFPS can access post adoption services if:
- The adoption is consummated meaning the child has the same legal status and inheritance rights in the adoptive home as a child born to the adoptive parents.
- CPS's managing conservatorship is terminated.
- The adoptive parent(s) have requested Post Adoption Services.
- The child is younger than 18 (when necessary, services may continue for up to 90 days past the child's 18th birthday).
