OFFICES AND OFFICERS ‑- STATE ‑- DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES ‑- ADOPTION ‑- CHILDREN ‑- PREPARATION OF NEXT FRIEND AND PREPLACEMENT REPORTS BY DEPARTMENT Discussion of the circumstances under which the department of social and health services is either required or authorized to provide next friend and preplacement reports in connection with proceedings for adoption of child; authority of the department to charge a fee for such services.