ancial support payable periodically and agreed before adoption? Child and adoptive family outside local authority’s area? Adoption order made more than three years ago? Local authority has no duty to provide service for people outside area, but may do so Placing local authority responsible for assessment and provision of adoption support services Placing local authority responsible for financial support Local authority where child/family live responsible for assessment and provision of support services Yes Yes No Yes No No No 171 continued payment of financial support agreed before the adoption order is made. It is important that this provision is not misinterpreted as justification for a decision to pay ongoing financial support for a period limited to three years from the making of the adoption order. Any decision on the provision of support must be based on the needs and resources of the child and family. This applies equally to a decision about the period for which financial support is payable. Since the three-year limitation under ASR 7.2 does not apply to the provision of financial support, the provision of such support will remain the responsibility of the local authority that originally agreed it, for as long as the family qualifies for payments. This distinction has been made because financial support can be paid in isolation from other services that may have to be locally provided. 9.21. In the case of contact arrangements agreed before the adoption order, the placing authority should also continue to be responsible for managing and supporting the arrangements irrespective of where the adoptive family lives, as well as for any changes to those arrangements over time. Any time after the first three years from the date of an order when the child is an agency ado