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Foster Care Act of 2012

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND PROPAGATE FOSTER CARE AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS THEREFOR

R.A. No. 10165 | 2012-06-11

Republic of the Philippines
Congress of the Philippines

Metro Manila
Fifteenth Congress

Second Regular Session

Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-fifth day of July, two thousand eleven.

[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10165]

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND PROPAGATE FOSTER CARE AND TO PROVIDE FUNDS THEREFOR

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

ARTICLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS


SECTION 1. Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Foster Care Act of 2012?.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – Article XV of the Constitution provides that the State shall defend the right of children to assistance,...