Child benefit
Provided you statisfy the normal rules (see here), you are entitled to child benefit as soon as the child comes to live with you, unless the local authority is making payments to you under regulation 33 of the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009.1Sch 9 para 1 SSCBA 1992; reg 16(4) CB Regs; CBTM 08065. This could be a fostering allowance, for example. Note: adoption allowances are not paid under this regulation.2Paid under s71 AC(S)A 2007 Child benefit is not means tested and, therefore, any adoption allowance paid does not affect it.
For information on what happens to benefits and tax credits once you have an adoption order for a child, see here.