§ 31-19-29-3 — Mandatory provisions

Indiana § 31-19-29-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 19: FAMILY LAW: ADOPTION
• Ch. 29: Interstate Compacts on Adoption Assistance

Text

A compact entered into pursuant to the
authority conferred by this chapter shall have the following content:
(1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states.
(2) A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact
upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of one (1)
year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the
withdrawal.
(3) A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to
the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption
assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive
parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are receiving
adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which
they are resident and have their principal place of abode.
(4) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to
which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance
agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state
child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the
adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be
expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by
the adoptive parents, and the state agency providing the adoption
assistance.
(5) Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the
proper administration of the compact.
[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-3-5-3.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.