Section 17-1620-22 - Termination of adoption assistance The department shall terminate payment to the prospective adoptive or adoptive parent(s) upon sufficient evidence that any one of the following circumstances exists:
(1) The child has reached the age of eighteen; or in a case in which the department extended the adoption assistance agreement upon determination that the child had a disability warranting the continuation of adoption assistance, the child has reached the age of twenty-one;(2) For state adoption assistance only, the end of the school year in which the child attains the age of twenty provided the child remains enrolled in high school through the end of that school year;(3) The State determines that the child is no longer receiving financial support from the prospective adoptive or adoptive parent(s);(4) The State determines that the adoptive parent(s) are no longer legally responsible for the support of the child;(5) The adoptive family is able to assume full financial responsibility and requests termination of payments and services;(6) Reimbursement of nonrecurring expenses is completed and the family is not eligible for other adoption assistance.(7) The adoption is not approved in accordance with chapter 17-805 as an appropriate adoptive home for the child.(8) The prospective adoptive parent(s) elect not to adopt the child.Haw. Code R. § 17-1620-22
[Eff DEC 09 2010] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: HRS § 346-14; 45 C.F.R. §1356.40 )