Eligibility for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) for a child in foster care 007-07040040
Expand allExamples
Foster care and eligibility for FTB
Table 1: This table contains examples of circumstances when a foster carer is eligible to receive FTB.
Examples of evidence to support a care arrangement
Table 2
|
Evidence provided |
Outcome |
|
Court orders |
Court orders are a formal change in care, care arrangements can be granted with a court order as evidence. |
|
Formal letter from foster agency |
Formal letters from a child protection agency or foster care agency are a formal change in care, no further evidence is required to complete the change of care. Letters must be on letterhead, include the child’s name, the new carers name and the date the care placement started. |
|
Informal letter from foster agency |
Informal letters from a foster care agency can support a change in care with further evidence or advise the care is temporary care (e.g., respite care). If the informal change in care is not a change in care but temporary care (28 days or less and the child has not been forcibly removed), see Child leaves customer’s care/custody. |
|
Informal change in care and co-signed/not co-signed FA012 only (no additional evidence) |
Additional evidence is required to support the care assessment and confirm there has been a change in care when:
Where evidence is not provided, the claim should be rejected. |
|
Informal change in care and co-signed FA012 plus documentation provided |
Where the Service Officer is satisfied the evidence provided supports the change of care, the claim can be granted. If the Service Officer is unsure if a change of care has occurred, they can request further evidence. If Service Officers are still unable to confirm if a change of care has occurred after further evidence has been provided, the claim should be rejected and clearly documented. |
|
Informal change and the losing carer advised verbally (no documentation) |
Additional evidence is required to support the care arrangement and confirm there has been a change in care when:
Where evidence is not provided, the care decision should be rejected. |
FTB examples of legal responsibility and temporary care provisions
Table 3: This table provides examples of FTB legal responsibilities and temporary care provisions.
Child - Change in Care Arrangement script letters
See also: Child - Change in Care Arrangements script
Standard letters - Child Change in Care Arrangement script
Table 4: This table describes the standard letters produced by the Child - Change in Care Arrangements script, and when it is appropriate to send them.
Standard letters - Process Direct
Table 5: this table describes the standard letters available for issue in Process Direct via the Correspondence (CORRO) screen > Issue correspondence.