California Welfare and Institutions Code CHAPTER 2.1 - Aid for Adoption of Children

• Section 16115.
  Aid under this chapter shall be known as the Adoption Assistance Program.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 977, Sec. 18. Effective September 13, 1982. Operative October...
• Section 16115.5.
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to benefit children residing in foster homes by providing the stability and security of...
• Section 16118.
  (a) The department shall establish and administer the program to be carried out by the department or the county pursuant to this chapter. The department shall...
• Section 16119.
  (a) At the time application for adoption of a child who is potentially eligible for Adoption Assistance Program benefits is made, and at the time immediately...
• Section 16120.
  A child is eligible for Adoption Assistance Program benefits if all of the conditions specified in subdivisions (a) to (l), inclusive, are met or if...
• Section 16120.05.
  The adoption assistance agreement shall, at a minimum, specify the amount and duration of assistance, and that the amount is subject to any applicable increases...
• Section 16120.1.
  Upon the authorization of the department or, where appropriate, the county responsible for determining the child’s or nonminor dependent’s Adoption Assistance Program eligibility status and...
• Section 16121.
  (a) (1) For initial adoption assistance agreements executed on October 1, 1992, to December 31, 2007, inclusive, the adoptive family shall be paid an amount of aid...
• Section 16121.05.
  (a) The department or county adoption agency may recover any overpayments of financial assistance under the Adoption Assistance Program, and shall develop regulations that establish the...
• Section 16121.1.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11105, the residence of the adoptive parents at the time of or subsequent to adoptive placement shall not terminate the...
• Section 16121.2.
  The Director of Social Services and the Director of Health Services may enter into interstate agreements pursuant to Chapter 2.6 (commencing with Section 16170) that...
• Section 16122.
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide children or nonminor dependents who would otherwise remain in long-term foster care...
• Section 16123.
  The provisions of Section 16120, permitting the payment of adoption assistance until a child attains 18 or 21 years of age if the child has...
• Section 16124.
  (a) (1) Upon the appropriation of funds by the Legislature for the purposes set forth in this section, the State Department of Social Services shall establish a...
• Section 16125.
  A foster child whose adoption has become final, who is receiving or is eligible to receive Adoption Assistance Program assistance, including Medi-Cal, and whose foster...

Last modified: October 22, 2018