80-2-804. Adoptive placement time frame -- Division contracts with child-placing agencies.
(1) Subject to this part, for a child who has a primary permanency plan of adoption or for whom a final plan for pursuing termination of parental rights is approved in accordance with Section, the division shall make intensive efforts to place the child in an adoptive home within 30 days after the earlier of the day on which: 80-3-409 the final plan is approved; or the primary permanency plan is established.
(2) If within the time periods described in Subsectionthe division is unable to locate a suitable adoptive home, the division shallcontract with a variety of child-placing agencies licensed under, to search for an appropriate adoptive home for the child, and to place the child for adoption. (1) Title 26B, Chapter 2, Part 1, Human Services Programs and Facilities