Standing Order No. 2016/2013 of the Home Department, Government of Maharashtra dated 11th February, 2013 on the foster care of a child [C1E-N76]

Standing Order No. 2016/2013

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA

Home Department, Government of Maharashtra

Mumbai, dated the 11th February, 2013

STANDING ORDER

To

All Sub-Registrars,

Subject: The foster care of a child by foster parents under the Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998, regarding.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 9 of the Maharashtra Regulation of Marriage Bureaus and Registration of Marriages Act, 1998 (Maharashtra Act 20 of 1998), the Home Department, Government of Maharashtra hereby issues the following Standing Order for the guidance of all officers subordinate to it:

1. References have been received seeking clarification on the manner in which section 9 applies to the foster care of a child by foster parents.

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 Court within twenty-one days, accompanied by a fee of two hundred rupees.

3. The Sub-Registrar shall ensure that register of births is dealt with as directed above, and shall report compliance to the District Court within twenty-one days.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this standing order may be brought to the notice of the Home Department, Government of Maharashtra.

(Secretary to Government)