Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ADOPTION AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO 2) (NO. 36 OF 2009) - SECT 51

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108A     Financial support of adopted children and young people

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a child or young person is adopted in the ACT; and

        (b)     the child or young person is ordinarily resident in the ACT; and

        (c)     before the adoption order was made—

              (i)     the chief executive had daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the child or young person under the Children and Young People Act 2008 ; or

              (ii)     the adoptive parents had daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the child or young person as foster carers under the Children and Young People Act 2008 ; or

              (iii)     the adoptive parents had daily care responsibility or long-term care responsibility for the child or young person as kinship carers under the Children and Young People Act 2008 .

    (2)     The chief executive may provide financial support to the adoptive parents of the child or young person if—

        (a)     the child or young person has complex or high needs; and

        (b)     the adoptive parents require financial assistance to help manage the child's or young person's needs; and

        (c)     the financial burden of meeting the child's or young person's needs without any financial assistance might prevent an adoption order which would otherwise be in the best interests of the child or young person.

    (3)     Support provided under this section must be reviewed by the chief executive every 12 months.