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| parental benefits |
for the purpose of adoption |
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Summary:
A child was placed in the adoptive parent' s hands on Dec. 12, 2000. However, the natural mother is entitled to revoke her consent within 21 days of signing the consent. The revocation period expired on Jan. 8, 2001 and a final order of the Court was issued on that day. Claimant argued that he did not become an adoptive parent until the date of the court order and should therefore be entitled to 35 weeks of parental benefits. Argument rejected. The language of the Act is clear: the triggering event is the date the child is physically placed in the custody of the claimant for adoption, not the date when the Court makes the adoptive parents the actual parents of the child.
