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199.5952 Contents of interstate compacts.

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199.5952 Contents of interstate compacts. A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by KRS 199.595 to 199.5955 <br>shall have the following content: <br>(1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states; <br>(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 <br>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 <br>and their adoptive parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are receiving <br>adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which they are resident <br>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 <br>adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to <br>provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly <br>for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents, and the <br>state agency providing the adoption assistance; and (5) Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact. Effective: July 15, 1986 <br>History: Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 80, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986.