2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 74 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
74.13A Adoption support.
74.13A.100 Interstate agreements for adoption of children with special needs -- Definitions.


WA Rev Code § 74.13A.100 (2013) What's This?

RCW 74.13A.100 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. Formerly RCW 74.13.154.]

Notes:

     *Reviser's note: RCW 74.13.152 through 74.13.159 were recodified as RCW 74.13A.090 through 74.13A.125 pursuant to 2009 c 520 § 95.


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