Washington Administrative Code › Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of › Chapter 110-60 - Adoption program › Section 110-60-0020 - What definitions apply to the department's adoption program?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Agency"
means any public or private association,
				corporation, or individual licensed or certified by the department as a child
				placing agency under chapter 74.15 RCW or as an adoption agency.
"Adoptee"
means a person who is to be adopted or
				who has been adopted.
"Adoption"
means the legal granting of the
				adoption decree consistent with chapter 26.33 RCW.
"Adoptive parent"
refers to a person or persons
				who seeks to adopt or who has adopted.
"Alleged father"
refers to a person whose
				parent-child relationship has not been terminated, who is not a presumed father
				under chapter 26.26 RCW, and who alleges himself or whom a party alleges to be
				the father of the child. It includes a person whose marriage to the mother was
				terminated more than three hundred days before the birth of the child or who
				was separated from the mother more than three hundred days before the birth of
				the child.
"Approved adoptive home"
refers to any person or
				persons who has been approved for adoption in a preplacement report completed
				pursuant to
				RCW
				  26.33.190.
"Birth parent"
means the biological mother or
				biological or alleged father of a child, including a presumed father under
				chapter 26.26 RCW, whether or not a court of competent jurisdiction has
				terminated the person's parent-child relationship.
"Child placing agency"
means an agency licensed by
				the department to place children for temporary care, continued care, or
				adoption.
"Children's administration"
(CA) means the cluster
				of programs within the department of social and health services responsible for
				the provision of child welfare, adoption, child protective, child care
				licensing, and other services to children and their families.
"Department"
means the department of social and
				health services (DSHS).
"Department placement"
refers to the placement of
				a child for whom the department has placement authority in an approved adoptive
				home.
"Division of children and family services"
(DCFS)
				is the division of children's administration that provides child welfare, child
				protective, family reconciliation, and support services to children in need of
				protection and their families.
"Division of licensed resources"
(DLR) is the
				division of children's administration responsible for licensing or certifying
				child care homes and facilities under the authority of chapter 74.15
				RCW.
"Foster-adopt"
refers to families that are
				interested in adoption who have an approved adoptive home study and who have
				also been granted a foster home license in accordance with chapter 388-148
				WAC.
"Independent placement"
refers to the placement of
				a child in an adoptive home by a doctor, attorney, or other individual acting
				as a facilitator.
"Inter-country placement"
refers to the placement
				of a child for adoption who is not a resident and/or citizen of the United
				States.
"Relative"
means a person related by blood,
				marriage, or legal adoption, as defined in
				RCW
				  74.15.020.
"Voluntary adoption plan"
means an agreement by
				the birth parent(s) to the termination of parental rights with a specific
				proposal for adoptive placement for the child.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				    74.13.031. WSR 01-08-047, §
										388-27-0010,
				  filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.