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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 13A.08.05.04" title_num="13A" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="05" heading="Affidavit Requirement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The relative providing informal kinship care shall submit to the receiving agency an affidavit verifying the informal kinship care relationship.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The affidavit shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name and date of birth of the child;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The name and address of the child's parent or legal guardian;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The name and address of the relative providing informal kinship care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The date the relative assumed informal kinship care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The nature of the serious family hardship and why it resulted in informal kinship care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The kinship relation to the child of the relative providing informal kinship care;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>The name and address of the school the child previously attended;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Notice that the county superintendent may verify the facts given by the relative providing informal kinship care in the affidavit and conduct an audit of the case after the child has been enrolled in the county public school system;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Notice that if fraud or misrepresentation is discovered during an audit, the county superintendent shall remove the child from the public school or county public school system roll;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Notice that any person who willfully makes a material misrepresentation in the affidavit shall be subject to a penalty payable to the county for three times the prorated share of tuition for the time the child fraudulently attends a public school in the county; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Attached instructions that:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Explain the necessity for both an affidavit and supporting documentation of the serious family hardship resulting in informal kinship care; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Encourage the relative providing informal kinship care to submit the affidavit and supporting documentation before September 30 of each year.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>