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§ 6000.4. Compacts

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public WelfareEffective: August 27, 2002

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 62 P.S. Poor Persons and Public Welfare (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 35. Interstate Adoption Compact Act
Effective: August 27, 2002
62 P.S. § 6000.4
§ 6000.4. Compacts
Currentness
(a) Requirements.--A compact entered into in accordance with this act shall include all of the following:
(1) A provision making the compact available for joinder by another state.
(2) A provision allowing withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the other party states. Withdrawal shall be effective one year following the date of the written notice.
(3) A requirement that compact protections remain in force for the duration of adoption assistance and apply to all children and their adoptive parents who, on the effective date of withdrawal, are receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which the child and adoptive parent are resident and have their principal place of abode.
(4) A requirement that all adoption assistance to be provided under the compact be covered by a written adoption assistance agreement between the adoptive parents and the county agency of the state providing the adoption assistance. The agreement shall be for the benefit of the adoptive child and enforceable by the adoptive parents and the department or county agency providing the assistance.
(5) Any other provision necessary to enforce or implement the proper administration of the compact.

Credits

2002, June 28, P.L. 467, No. 76, § 4, effective in 60 days.
62 P.S. § 6000.4, PA ST 62 P.S. § 6000.4
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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