63.2-1402 - Definitions.
§ 63.2-1402. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter:
"Adoption assistance state" means the state that is signatory to anadoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
"Residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident byvirtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, theCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth ofthe Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administeredby the United States.
(1988, c. 154, § 63.1-238.8; 2002, c. 747.)