§ 5-409. Application

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   (a) Filing. -- To apply for a subsidy on behalf of an eligible child, an individual who is a prospective adoptive parent of the eligible child shall file an application for a subsidy with the local department.

(b) Evidence to be appended. --

   (1) The director of the local department shall append to the application evidence of inability, after all reasonable efforts, to place the eligible child, without a subsidy, with an appropriate adoptive parent because of the special circumstances.

   (2) If the director of the local department determines that the eligible child has established emotional ties with a prospective adoptive parent who is the child's foster parent, evidence of efforts to place the child with another prospective adoptive parent is not required.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 16, § 88D; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.

                    
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