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the potential legal risk involved in the placement including
(1) unless all conditions of 25 U.S.C. 1913(a) are met, a parent may rescind consent to relinquishment of an Indian child during the supervision period and the child must be returned to the parent on demand;
(2) a parent of an Indian child may rescind consent and seek to vacate any decrees, after the adoption is final, for a period of up to two years, if fraud or duress has occurred;
(3) an Indian child, the child’s tribe, or the parent of an Indian child may seek to invalidate and adoptive placement if a violation of 25 U.S.C. 1911, 1912, or 1913 has occurred. (c) An agency shall give written consent for medical care of the child to the adoptive or guardianship parent at the time of the child’s placement in the home. (d) Before placing a child into a home, an agency shall discuss information about the child and the child’s parent with each adoptive or guardianship parent. In the discussion the worker shall give due respect to a birth parent’s right to privacy before finalization of the adoption or guardianship. (e) By the time of placement the adoptive or guardianship parent must be given written authorization to care for the child. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 44.30.020 AS 47.32.030 Editor’s note: Effective July 1, 2022, Executive Order 121 split the former Department of Health and Social Services into the Department of Health and the Department of Family and Community Services. As of Register 242 (July 2022), the regulations attorney made conforming technical revisions under sec. 138, E.O. 121 and AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to the authority citation that follows 7 AAC 56.610 to substitute references to AS 44.30.020 and AS 47.32.030 for the references to AS 44.29.020 and AS 47.35.010. 7 AAC 56.620. Pre-adoption or guardianship finalization activities. (a) During the supervisory period the child placement agency shall maintain responsibility for the child placed until the court has entered the adoption decree or finalized a guardianship. (b) During the post-placement period, the agency shall document any changes in the adoptive family in health, financial condition, or composition that may affect the child.