(1) The county department shall terminate the payment of subsidies available pursuant to this article 7 when any of the following situations occur:
The child or youth reaches eighteen years of age; except that, in cases where thecounty department has determined that the child or youth has a mental or physical handicap that warrants continued assistance, the payment of subsidies shall continue until the child or youth reaches twenty-one years of age;
The adoptive parent or parents are no longer legally responsible for the support of thechild or youth;
The child or youth is no longer receiving support from the adoptive family, whichincludes financial support as determined by the Title IV-E agency; or
The county department certifies the death, marriage, or enrollment in military serviceof the child or youth.
(2) Adoptive parents who receive subsidies shall keep the county department that is administering the program informed of circumstances that would make them ineligible to continue to receive subsidies pursuant to this article 7.
Source: L. 2019: Entire article R&RE, (SB 19-178), ch. 180, p. 2047, § 1, effective August 2.