law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  42. Foster care.-
  1.     
  
    The
  
  foster care may be used for temporary placement of those infants who to be
  
  given for adoption.
  2.     
  
    In
  
  foster care, the child may be placed in another family for a short or extended
  
  period of time, depending upon the circumstances where the child's own parent
  
  usually visit regularly and eventually after the rehabilitation, where the
  
  children may return to their own homes.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  State Government may make rules for purposes of carrying out the scheme of
  
  foster care programme of children.