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(c) To ensure that paternity on the child’s birth certificate has not been changed as a result of child support enforcement action under AS 25.27.160 — AS 25.27.166 or other action, an agency shall request a parent to obtain and provide the agency with a birth certificate current within 30 days before to a hearing to finalize the adoption of a child. Upon learning that paternity has been changed an agency shall give the father identified on the birth certificate the opportunity to sign a voluntary relinquishment, a waiver of notification of the adoption under AS 25.23.050, a denial of paternity, or otherwise exercise parental rights. (d) The agency shall make every effort to see that the adoption is finalized or guardianship completed as specified within the written agreement. (e) If the placement is unsatisfactory to meet the needs of the child and post-placement services have been provided to the family and the child in order to attempt to remediate the difficulties, the agency shall remove the child from the adoptive home. (f) If a child returns to the care of the agency, the circumstances necessitating this return and the child’s needs must be documented in the child’s record. (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 56.620 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 56.630. Post-adoption or guardianship services. After the adoption is finalized or a guardianship is completed, the child placement agency shall offer counseling services to a birth parent, the adoptive child, and the adoptive family. These services may be provided through referrals outside the agency. (Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156) Statutory Authority: