Section 465IAC2-4-2. Definitions

   (a) As used in this rule, "adoption assistance" means the payment or payments for the maintenance of a child which 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 470 IAC 3-10-2.

  (d) As used in this rule, "department" means the state department of public welfare.

  (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 Virgin Islands, Guam, 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 Nov 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFA) NOTE: 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.