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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-602" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children">
  <text>It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate qualifications and facilities to provide a necessary and desirable degree and type of care.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>The appropriate authorities in a state where a child is to be placed may have full opportunity to ascertain the circumstances of the proposed placement, thereby promoting full compliance with applicable requirements for the protection of the child.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>The proper authorities of the state from which the placement is made may obtain the most complete information on the basis of which to evaluate a projected placement before it is made.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Appropriate jurisdictional arrangements for the care of children will be promoted.</text>
  </level>
</section>
