DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES 10000-18999.81›PART 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN 16000-16545›CHAPTER 2.6. Interstate Adoption Assistance Agreements 16170-16177
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California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(a) “Adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
(b) “Residence state” means the state where the child is living.
(c) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 887, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2000.)
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