Office Memorandum No. 2218/2014/LD of the Law Department, Government of Maharashtra dated 2nd June, 2014 on the foster care of a child [C19-19X]
As at 6 September 2026. In force. No commencement recorded.
No. 2218/2014/LD
GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA
Law Department, Government of Maharashtra
Mumbai, dated the 2nd June, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: The foster care of a child by foster parents under the Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998, regarding.
1. The undersigned is directed to say that references have been received in the Law Department, Government of Maharashtra on the manner in which the foster care of a child by foster parents is to be regulated under the Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998.
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 District Registrar within sixty days, accompanied by a fee of one hundred 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 District Registrar shall dispose of it within sixty days of its receipt.
4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this office memorandum may be brought to the notice of the Law Department, Government of Maharashtra.
(Secretary to Government)
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