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Codal - Ra 10165 - Foster Care Act PDF
Codal - Ra 10165 - Foster Care Act PDF
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H. No. 4481
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[ REpUBLIC ACT No. 10165)
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND PROPAGATE FOSTER CARE
AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS THEREFOR
ARTICLE I
GENERAL l'!.9tSIONr •
SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known as the
"Foster Care Act of 2012".
The State shall guarantee that all the rights of the child
enumerated under Article 3 of Presidential Decree ,No. 603,
otherwise known as "The Child and Youth Welfare Code", as
amended, and the rights found under Article 20 of t~e United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child! shall be
observed.
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(b) Child refers to a person below eighteen (18) years of
age, 01' one who is over eighteen (18) but is unable to fully
take care of or protect oneself from abuse, neglect, cruelty,
exploitation or discrimination because of a physical or mental
disability or condition.
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ARTICLE II
ELIGIBILITY
SEC. 4. Who May Be Placed Under Foster Care. - The
following may be placed in foster care: .
Provided, That in the case of (b), (c), (t), (h), (i), and
(j), the child must have no family willing and capable of
caring and providing for him.
ARTICLE IV
PROCEDURE
ARTICLE V
(c) The child, if ten (10) years of age or over, duly assisted
by a social worker, gives written consent for long-term stay with
the foster parent; and
ARTICLE VI
ARTICLE VII
ARTICLE VIII
ARTICLE IX
PENALTIES
ARTICLE X
FINAL PROVISIONS
Approved,
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Secretary General
E~ES
Secretary of the Senate
House ofRepresentatives
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1\." ~';"QUINO
BENIGNIO
President of the Philippines
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