Mandatory provisions
Sec. 3. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred
by this chapter shall have the following content:
(1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states.
(2) A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact
upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of one (1)
year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the
withdrawal.
(3) A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant
to the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption
assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive
parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are
receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the
one in which they are resident and have their principal place of
abode.
(4) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to
which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance
agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state
child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide
the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be
expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable
by the adoptive parents, and the state agency providing the
adoption assistance.
(5) Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement
the proper administration of the compact.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.11.
Last modified: May 24, 2006