Utah Admin. Code R512-43-13 - Interstate Adoption Assistance
(1) Child
and Family Services is responsible to determine if a child in Utah public
foster care qualifies for adoption assistance when the child is placed in an
adoptive home in another state. If the child qualifies, Child and Family
Services provides adoption assistance regardless of the state of residence of
the adoptive family and child.
(2)
If a child with a previous IV-E adoption assistance agreement enters public
foster care because the adoption was dissolved or ended due to the result of
the death of the parents, the state in which the child is taken into custody in
public foster care is responsible to provide adoption assistance in a
subsequent adoption.
(3) If a child
with a previous IV-E adoption assistance agreement does not enter public foster
care when the adoption dissolved or ended due to the death of both parents, the
new adoptive parent is responsible to apply for adoption assistance in the new
adoptive parent's state of residence.
(4) A parent desiring to adopt an
out-of-state child who is not in public foster care but is receiving SSI
disability benefits shall apply for adoption assistance in the parent's state
of residence.
(5) An adoption
assistance agreement remains in effect regardless of the state of residence of
the adoptive parents as long as the child continues to qualify for adoption
assistance.
(6) If a needed service
specified in the agreement is not funded by the new state of residence, the
state making the original adoption assistance payment remains financially
responsible for paying for the specific service.
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