Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Follow up of progress of adopted child under this chapter. - (1) The authorised foreign adoption agency or the Central Authority or Indian diplomatic mission or concerned Government department, as the case may be, shall report the progress of the adopted child in the format provided in Schedule – 11 online in the Child Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System along with photographs of the child on a quarterly basis during the first year and on six monthly basis in the second year, from the date of arrival of the adopted child in the receiving country. (2) If an adjustment problem of the child with the adoptive parents comes to the notice of the authorised foreign adoption agency or Central Authority or the concerned Government department in the receiving country on the basis of the progress report or in course of post-adoption home visits, then, necessary counseling shall be arranged for the adoptive parents and for the adoptee, wherever applicable. (3) If it is found that the child is unable to adjust in the adoptive family or that the continuance of the child in the adoptive family is not in the interest of the child, the authorised foreign adoption agency or Central Authority or the concerned Government department in the receiving country or Indian diplomatic mission , as the case may be, shall withdraw the child and provide necessary counseling and shall arrange for suitable alternate adoption or foster placement of the child in that country, in consultation with the Indian diplomatic mission and Central Adoption Resource Authority. (4) In the event of adjustment problem of the child with the adoptive family, the child shall be entitled to receive care, protection and rehabilitation through the child protection services of that country. (5) The authorised foreign adoption agency or Central Authority or concerned Government department, as the case may be, shall organise annual get-together of Indian adoptees and their adoptive parents and forward a report on the event to Central Adoption Resource Authority and the Indian diplomatic missions shall facilitate such get-togethers. (6) The prospective adoptive parents shall furnish an undertaking to the effect that they would allow personal visits of the representative of authorised foreign adoption agency, the foreign Central Authority or concerned Government Department, as the case may be, to ascertain the progress of the child with the adoptive parents/family at least for a period of two years from the date of arrival of the child in the receiving country.