Foster care is a social institution protecting children aged from 0-18 years old which is applicable by the Social Services of the Government. The legislation for children entitles the Director of Social Services to undertake the legal care of children, who need care and protection and whom parents are unable to fulfil their parental responsibilities. Taking the legal care of a child by the Social Welfare Services means moving the child from the environment in which he lives and placing him in a suitable foster family or in a suitable approved Child Protection scheme.