2006 Code of Virginia § 63.2-1402 - Definitions

63.2-1402. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter:

"Adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to anadoption assistance agreement in a particular case.

"Residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident byvirtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.

"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth ofthe Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administeredby the United States.

(1988, c. 154, 63.1-238.8; 2002, c. 747.)

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