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A-29.011 - Act respecting parental insurance

Section 12.1
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12.1. The number of weeks of welcome and support benefits relating to an adoption to which adoptive parents may be entitled is 13 weeks of shareable benefits or, in the case of an election pursuant to section 18, 12 weeks.
Payment may begin, at the earliest, the week of the child’s arrival into the care of one of the parents for the purpose of the adoption. It may not exceed the benefit period.
In the case of an adoption outside Québec, the benefit period may begin five weeks before the week of the child’s arrival into the care of one of the parents for the purpose of the adoption.
If the adoption outside Québec does not materialize, the welcome and support benefits relating to an adoption paid during the weeks preceding the child’s arrival are not recoverable, up to the number of weeks provided for in the third paragraph.
2020, c. 23, s. 7; 2022, c. 22, s. 137.
12.1. The number of weeks of welcome and support benefits relating to an adoption to which adoptive parents may be entitled is 13 weeks of shareable benefits or, in the case of an election pursuant to section 18, 12 weeks.
Payment may begin, at the earliest, the week of the child’s arrival into the care of one of the parents for the purpose of the adoption. It may not exceed the benefit period.
In the case of an adoption outside Québec, the benefit period may begin five weeks before the week of the child’s arrival into the care of one of the parents for the purpose of the adoption.
2020, c. 23, s. 7.
In force: 2020-12-01
12.1. The number of weeks of welcome and support benefits relating to an adoption to which adoptive parents may be entitled is 13 weeks of shareable benefits or, in the case of an election pursuant to section 18, 12 weeks.
Payment may begin, at the earliest, the week of the child’s arrival into the care of one of the parents for the purpose of the adoption. It may not exceed the benefit period.
In the case of an adoption outside Québec, the benefit period may begin five weeks before the week of the child’s arrival into the care of one of the parents for the purpose of the adoption.
2020, c. 23, s. 7.
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