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What happens to child support money when you go to foster care?
Depends on the situation and reason the child goes into foster care but usually the biological parents have to pay the state and the state pay the foster family.
Do children in foster care receive child support from parents?
The foster parents receive a set sum for each child from the state and the parents pay the state. Since it would be a very different sum for each child based on what parents can pay, the sum is set for each child and every state have this system. The foster parents should not have to use their money. if that was the case we would have very few foster families because they would not afford it.
What conditions might cause a child to be placed in foster care?
If the child is being abused or parents die for example. Also if a child is being put up for adoption they can stay in foster care until they have found parents.
How does a child end up if foster care?
If a childs parents have died, given them up, abused or neglected them they might be put in foster care by child services.
What happens if foster parents want to adopt the foster child?
If the child's parents are no longer in the legal picture, then there are steps to follow in order to adopt the child. Many foster children are in foster care while their parents get education, jobs and/or get off of drugs, so the child or children are not available for adoption.
Foster care income?
If you spend the money on the children in foster care, there is no income. It is meant to be spent like child support...... on the kids. If you get into foster care for the money then you are doing it for all the wrong reasons.
Is there a limitation on how long a foster child can stay in their foster care home as a foster child?
Yes, if care workers sense the child is being treated unfairly or is unhappy. They will be routinely checked. Some foster parents are placed under surveillance if they are suspected is wrong.
Do parents have the right to control a child in foster care concerning who he or she can or cannot see?
no no
Are foster parents allowed to throw things away that belong to the child that the birth mother gave to child protective service for the child the foster parents only have temporary care of the child?
They are not allowed to throw away the child's belongings.
Do you get money for equal payments for each child in foster care even if they are a relative?
no
If a child's real parents are not dead can he be adopted by adoptive parents?
Yes, there are situations where a child can be taken from his/her parents, when they are found to be unfit parents and/or are harming the child, then placed in the foster care system and eventually adopted out.
When parents have a child removed by social services in Massachusetts what parental rights still apply for them to protect their child in foster care?
Even if children are removed by social services in Massachusetts, the parents do not lose their rights to protect them. If the child becomes endangered in foster care the parents should discuss the case with the authorities and a lawyer.
