Section 465 IAC 2-4-2 - DefinitionsAuthority: IC 31-19-29-2; IC 31-25-2-18
Affected: IC 31-19-26.5; IC 31-19-29; IC 31-25-1-1
Sec. 2.
(a) As used in this rule, "adoption assistance" means the payment or payments for the maintenance of a child that are made or committed to be made pursuant to the adoption assistance program established by the laws of a party state.(b) As used in this rule, "adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.(c) As used in this rule, "child with special needs" has the meaning set forth in 465 IAC 4-1-22(b).(d) As used in this rule, "department" means the department of child services established under IC 31-25-1-1.(e) As used in this rule, "parents" means either the singular or plural of the word "parent".(f) As used in this rule, "residence state" means the state in which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.(g) As used in this rule, "state" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States. Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-4-2; filed Jan 8, 1991, 3:15 p.m.: 14 IR 1048; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 6:52 a.m.: 20071226-IR-465070551RFA; readopted filed November 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFAFiled 12/14/2016, 12:05 p.m.: 20170111-IR-465160216FRAReadopted filed 10/10/2019, 10:42 a.m.: 20191106-IR-465190320RFA Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-5.3-2) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-4-2) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.