Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › FOSTER CARE/ADOPTION/RECONCILIATION › Chapter 388-27 - Child welfare services-Adoption services and adoption support › ADOPTION SUPPORT PROGRAM › Adoption Services › Section 388-27-0010 - 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. 01-08-047, § 388-27-0010,
						  filed 3/30/01, effective 4/30/01.