Office Memorandum No. 4720/2025/HAFWD of the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand dated 14th January, 2025 on the foster care of a child [C18-3CQ]

No. 4720/2025/HAFWD

GOVERNMENT OF UTTARAKHAND

Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand

Dehradun, dated the 14th January, 2025

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: The foster care of a child by foster parents under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024, regarding.

1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand on the manner in which the foster care of a child by foster parents is to be regulated under the Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code Act, 2024.

2. The matter has been examined. Every foster parent carrying on the foster care of a child shall make an application in Form III to the Government of Uttarakhand within fourteen days, accompanied by a fee of twenty rupees.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that a separate application shall be made in respect of each place at which the foster care of a child is undertaken, and the Government of Uttarakhand shall dispose of it within fourteen days of its receipt.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand.

(Secretary to Government)