For a new adoption case, you must indicate whether the mother was married at the time of the child's birth. If the mother relinquished the child voluntarily, you must conduct a search for the putative father and record the results of this search.
The system retrieves information from the original case, including the relationships of the child to the biological mother and biological father. If relationship information is not reflected on the adoption case, you can open the original case and record this information. If a biological parent dies after the adoption case is created but before it is closed, you can indicate that the parent is deceased and enter a date of death on the original case. The system will pull that information over to the adoption case.
Review or update these details about the birth parents as follows:
From the Home screen, click the Case tab.
Click the Workload tab. The Case Workload screen appears.
Click the case ID Number link for the adoption case you want to update. The Case Overview screen appears.
Click the View Member Details link in the Case Actions field. The system defaults to the Members tab. The Case Member Information screen appears. It displays each child in the adoption case.
Click the Adoption Details link for the child whose sibling information you are recording. The system defaults to the Recruitment tab. The Recruitment Activity Information screen appears.
Click the Birth Parents tab. The Birth Parents Information screen appears.
Complete the Mother Married at Child's Birth field.
If the mother gave the child up voluntarily, complete the fields in the Putative Information field.
Click Save. You are returned to the Members tab; the Case Member Information screen.
Click Close. You are returned to the Case Overview screen.