Section 17-1620-15 - Duration of adoption assistance Adoption assistance may continue only until the child reaches either:
(1) The age of eighteen or, for State adoption assistance only, the end of the school year in which the child attains age twenty provided the child remains enrolled in high school in accordance with the rules of the department of education through the end of that school year; or(2) The age of twenty-one years if an appropriately qualified professional, other than the placement worker, provides written verification that the child has a severe or chronic medical condition or physical, mental or emotional condition, behavioral disorder or other clinically diagnosed disability that warrants continued adoption assistance.Haw. Code R. § 17-1620-15
[Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-14; 42 U.S.C. §673(a) (4); 45 C.F.R. §1356.40 )