80-2-808. Division termination or modification of adoption assistance.
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Effective 9/1/2022
80-2-808. Division termination or modification of adoption assistance.
(1)The division may not terminate or modify adoption assistance unless the division gives the adoptive parents notice and opportunity for a hearing as required in Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act .
(2)The division shall terminate adoption assistance if any of the following occur:
(a)the adoptive parents request termination;
(b)subject to Subsection
(3), the child reaches 18 years old, unless the division gives approval to continue beyond 18 years old due to mental or physical disability;
(c)the child dies;
(d)the adoptive parents die;
(e)the adoptive parents' legal responsibility for the child ceases;
(f)the state determines that the child is no longer receiving support from the adoptive parents;
(g)the child marries; or
(h)the child enters military service.
(3)Adoption assistance may not continue after the day on which the child reaches 21 years old.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 334 , 2022 General Session