Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019) |
R512. Human Services, Child and Family Services |
R512-308. Out-of-Home Services, Guardianship Services and Placements |
R512-308-5. Relative Qualifying Factors
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(1) In addition to general qualifying factors found in R512-308-3, all of the following factors apply for relatives to seek legal guardianship:
(a) The child's prospective guardian is a relative to the child who meets the relationship requirements of the Department of Workforce Services Specified Relative Program, as outlined in R986-200-214, which currently includes:
(i) Grandparents;
(ii) Brothers and sisters;
(iii) Stepbrothers and stepsisters;
(iv) Aunts and uncles;
(v) First cousins;
(vi) First cousins once removed;
(vii) Nephews and nieces;
(viii) People of prior generations as designated by the prefix grand, great, great-great, or great-great-great;
(ix) Brothers and sisters by legal adoption;
(x) The spouse of any person listed above;
(xi) The former spouse of any person listed above;
(xii) Individuals who can prove they met one of the above-mentioned relationships via a blood relationship even though the legal relationship has been terminated;
(xiii) Former stepparents;
(xiv) A Native American adult who has a Native American child placed in or living in that adult's home, and both the child and the adult are members of, or eligible for membership in, a federally-recognized tribe; and
(xv) An adult of the same ethnicity, culture, country of origin, religion, language, and/or nationality as the refugee/asylee child in his or her care.
(b) The child's needs may be met without continued Child and Family Services funding.