Trends in Termination of Parental Rights
and Suspended Judgements
Presented by Margaret Burt
NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
13th Annual Statewide Adoption Training Conference
Adoption 2002: Linking Promises to Possibilities
May 10, 2002 • Albany New York

 

THE SEVEN CATEGORIES OF "HARD TO PLACE" ADOPTION SUBSIDIES

 

1. The child has been freed for six months before placed. This category is not eligible for non-recurring expenses such as 1egal fees.

2. The child has been in care with foster parents for more than 18 months before the foster parents signed an adoption agreement. Revised to 12 months effective 11/06/02

3. The child is aged 10 or older.

4. The child is aged 8 or older and is a member of a minority.

5. The child is being adopted in a sibling group of three or more.

6. The child is being adopted in a sibling group of two or more and one of the siblings is aged five or older, or one of the siblings is a member of a minority, or one of the siblings is otherwise eligible for an adoption subsidy.

7. The child is a sibling to a child the adoptive parents have already adopted and the child to be adopted is aged five or older, or the child to be adopted is a member of a minority, or the already adopted sibling is eligible for a subsidy.

 

 

Margaret A. Burt
ATTORNEY AT LAW
63 CALLINGHAM ROAD PITTSFORD, NEW YORK 14534
TEL: (585) 385-4252 FAX: (585) 385-7717

12/07/02