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Arkansas Code Title 9. Family Law § 9-9-407. Eligibility

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) A family is initially eligible for a subsidy for purposes of adoption if:

(1)(A) No other potential adoptive family has been identified and is willing and able to adopt the child without the use of a subsidy.

(B) In the case of a child who has established significant emotional ties with prospective adoptive parents while in their care as a foster child, the Department of Human Services may certify the child as eligible for a subsidy without searching for families willing to take the child without a subsidy.

(C) In the case of a child who will be adopted by members of his or her biological family, the department may certify the child as eligible for a subsidy without searching for families willing to take the child without a subsidy;

(2) The department has determined the family to be eligible;

(3) The child is in the custody of the department; and

(4) The child has been determined by the department to have special needs.

(b) A child who is a resident of Arkansas when eligibility for a subsidy is certified shall remain eligible and receive a subsidy, if necessary for adoption, regardless of the domicile or residence of the adopting parents at the time of application for adoption, placement, legal decree of adoption, or thereafter.

(c) A family is eligible for a legal subsidy for purposes of adoption if:

(1) The child is in the custody of the department; or

(2)(A) The child was in the custody of the department;

(B) Legal custody was transferred to a relative or other person; and

(C) The juvenile division case remains open pending the child obtaining permanency.

(d) State-funded subsidies may be available, as determined by the department for an adult who:

(1) Is in foster care at eighteen (18) years of age;

(2) Participates in an extended foster care program under § 9-27-306 or § 9-28-114; and

(3) Is not Title IV-E eligible.

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