Tulasi Cotsoradis Department for Children and Families, Child Support Services Central Office.

REG 51 Adoption Caseload

Tulasi CotsoradisDepartment for Children and Families, Child Support Services

Central Office

• There are approximately 500 cases in the REG 51 adoption caseload.

• Cases are assigned to REG 51 in order to protect a child’s adopted name. We do not want to take any chances to jeopardize the safety of an adopted child that has had a name change.

• The goal is to close all adoption cases in REG 51 where the child has been adopted with a name change and there are state arrears only owed. However, some cases will have to stay open and continue to be enforced.

REG 51, Adoption Caseload

Things to know about adoption cases.

The child’s adopted

name MUST

NEVER BE RELEASED

The child’s birth name

must be used on

all document

s

Emails are generated to field staff from working the Adoption Mailbox and working ALRTs & reports

on existing cases in REG51.

More things to know about adoption cases.

If the case is to be closed:

If the CP is not the State of

KS, the closure letter should

not be sent to CP. Go to

ODCM, select letter and

FP16 to cancel printing of

document for both closure

letters.

The following “I” types have an end date so AUTO IWOs

won’t generate:

IWOMODO (IWO Modification);

IWONOTKM (IWO Modification (not KS CSS); IWONOTKS (IWO (not KS CSS); and IWO (Income Withholding Order)

You do not need to wait

the full 60 days to

close the case.

CSS Adoption Notice Mailbox

• Adoption decrees are sent to [email protected] from PPS.

• These are worked by Central Office by noon each day.

• An email will be sent to the caseworker giving them instructions on how to proceed with the case.

mailto:[email protected]

Example of Cases that have to stay open and

continue to be enforced

• If there are NA arrears owed on the case.• If un-adopted siblings share the court

order with the adopted child. • Private adoption.• Case will be reassigned to REG 51.• Email will be sent to the field worker with

information and request to send case file to Tulasi Cotsoradis.

Child’s birth name must be used on all documents

If there is no name change

• The adoption decree will be sent to the field worker for their files.

• The case will stay in the field as there is no adoptive name to protect.

Name change &State arrears only

An email will be sent to the worker requesting case closure.

The worker will be responsible for:• Terminating the IWO• Dismissing all outstanding legal actions• Backing off the state arrears• Filing a Notice of Termination (NOA3)• If incoming or outgoing case, will have to contact FJ

and notify them of case closure & close IIMC/OINR• Close LGRQ• Close CADS using closure code CC (don’t need to

wait full 60 days for case closure)


Name change & no order or zero order

An email will be sent to the worker requesting case closure.

The worker will be responsible for:

• Dismissing all outstanding legal actions• If incoming or outgoing case, will have to contact FJ

and notify them of case closure & close IIMC/OINR• Close LGRQ• Close CADS using closure code CC (don’t need to

wait full 60 days for case closure)


Private Adoptions

• Private adoptions do not require us to change the child’s birth name on the system.

• Narrate the adoption information.

• Case will remain in the field.


Relative/step-parent adoption

RELATIVE ADOPTION with name change: If child is adopted out of foster care and a relative adopted the child we will treat the case as a normal adoption case with a name change.

STEP-PARENT ADOPTION with name change: If both mother and father consent to the adoption the case would remain in the field as there is no name to protect. However, if a party does not consent or is not notified, then the adopted name would need to be protected and we will treat the case as a normal adoption case with a name change.


If you have any questions about adoption cases, please call or email Tulasi Cotsoradis

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Tulasi Cotsoradis Department for Children and Families, Child Support Services Central Office.

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