Maintenance Act, 1998
R 385
Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 12 : Foster Care182. Prospective foster parent |
| (1) | Before a children's court places a child in foster care, the court must follow the children's court processes stipulated in Part 2 of Chapter 9 to the extent that the provisions of that Part are applicable to the particular case. |
| (2) | A prospective foster parent must— |
| (a) | be a fit and proper person to be entrusted with the foster care of the child; |
| (b) | be willing and able to undertake, exercise and maintain the responsibilities of such care; |
| (c) | have the capacity to provide an environment that is conducive to the child's growth and development; and |
| (d) | be properly assessed by a designated social worker for compliance with paragraphs (a), (b) and (c). |
| (3) | A person unsuitable to work with children is not a fit and proper person to be entrusted with the foster care of a child. |
| (4) | Subsections (2) and (3), read with such changes as the context may require, apply to any person employed at or involved in a nonprofit organisation managing a cluster foster care scheme. |
