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2005 Washington Revised Code RCW 74.13.154: Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs — Definitions.

    The definitions in this section apply throughout RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

         (1) "Adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.

         (2) "Residence state" means the state where the child is living.

         (3) "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.

    [1997 c 31 § 3.]

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