§ 31-19-26.5-9 — Limits on term of adoption subsidy agreement

Indiana § 31-19-26.5-9

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 19: FAMILY LAW: ADOPTION
• Ch. 26.5: Adoption Subsidies

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(a) Except as provided in this section, the
term of any adoption subsidy agreement under this chapter, including
any extension of the original term, ends when any of the following
events occurs:
(1) The child becomes eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) The child becomes emancipated.
(3) The adoptive parent or parents are no longer providing
financial support to the child.
(4) The child dies.
(5) The child's adoption is terminated.
(b) The department may continue the adoption subsidy payments,
in amounts determined by agreement among the department, the child,
and the adoptive parents, during a time after the child becomes
eighteen (18) years of age and before the child becomes twenty-one
(21) years of age if:
(1) either:
(A) the child is enrolled in:
(i) a secondary school;
(ii) a public or private institution of higher education; or
(iii) a course of career or technical education leading to
gainful employment; or
(B) the child needs continuing support and assistance for a
physical, a medical, a mental, or an emotional condition that
limits or prevents the child from becoming self-supporting; and
(2) the adoptive parent or parents:
(A) provide the principal source of financial support for the
child's room, board, medical care, and other necessary living
expenses; and
(B) are entitled to claim the child as a dependent on their
federal or state income tax return or returns for the year in
which the continued subsidy payments are made.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.146-2008, SEC.562.