Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Children and Families
DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence
Chapter DCF 50 - Facilitating Public Adoptions And Adoption Assistance
Section DCF 50.10 - Application for adoption assistance

Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง DCF 50.10

Current through August 26, 2024

(1) TIMING. An application for adoption assistance shall be completed on forms prescribed by the department and a written, signed agreement to provide adoption assistance shall be made prior to the adoption.

(2) EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. Notwithstanding sub. (1), an application for adoption assistance may be accepted after an adoption order is entered under the conditions specified in s. DCF 50.17(3).

The application for adoption assistance for a public adoption is in the department's automated child welfare system e Wisacwis. For a private domestic adoption or a tribal or customary adoption, the forms required to apply for adoption assistance are listed in a forms checklist. The forms checklist and all of the forms specified on the checklist are part of the application.

DCF-F-5259, Adoption Assistance Forms Checklist/Routing Instructions Private Domestic Adoptions.

DCF-F-5159, Adoption Assistance Forms Checklist/Routing Instructions Tribal or Customary Adoptions.

The forms are available in the forms section of the department website, http://dcf.wisconsin.gov, or by writing the Division of Safety and Permanence, at P.O. Box 8916, Madison, WI 53708-8916.

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