State ex rel. B.M.

11 McKAY, Judge.

The Department of Social Services/Office of Community Services (DSS/OCS) appeals the trial court’s order that they pay B.K.M.’s adoptive mother, Zanoma Barrow, a stipend or adoption subsidy in the amount of $1,200 plus 100% of the foster care rate.

B.K.M., a severely disabled child diagnosed with cerebral palsy, intractable qua-dreparesis with microcephaly, seizure disorder and fetal alcohol syndrome, was born on January 17, 1994. He was placed in foster care on September 27, 1994, and adjudicated a “Child in Need of Care” on March 14, 1995. His biological parents signed…