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Adoption Act 1993
108AFinancial support of adopted children and young people
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108A Financial support of adopted children and young people
(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 director-general had daily care responsibility or
under the Children and Young People Act 2008; or
(ii) the adoptive parents had daily care responsibility or
as foster carers under the Children and Young People
Act 2008; or
(iii) the adoptive parents had daily care responsibility or
as kinship carers under the Children and Young People
Act 2008.
(2) The director-general 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
director-general every 12 months.