§ 8-164 — Nonrecurring expenses; limitation

A. The amount of nonrecurring adoption expenses paid by the department shall not exceed two thousand dollars for each adoption petition. Except if good cause exists as determined by the department, the department shall not pay nonrecurring adoption expenses for a child and all siblings or half-siblings who are adopted by the same parent or parents and whose parental rights were terminated within sixty days of each other, unless the child and all the siblings or half-siblings are on the same adoption petition.

B. The department shall not pay for nonrecurring adoption expenses that are submitted more than nine months after the final decree of adoption, except as provided pursuant to section 8-162, subsections C and D.

C. Nonrecurring adoption expenses that are not subject to reimbursement include family counseling received before the final decree of adoption or onetime costs associated with physical remodeling, renovation and alteration of the adoptive parents' home or property.