2014 Virginia Code
Title 63.2 - Welfare (Social Services)
§ 63.2-1402. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
"Residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
"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.
1988, c. 154, ยง 63.1-238.8; 2002, c. 747.
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