                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 63.2-1402)

For the purposes of this chapter:
		&#8220;Adoption assistance state&#8221; means the state that is signatory to
an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
		&#8220;Residence state&#8221; means the state of which the child is a resident
by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
		&#8220;State&#8221; 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.

HISTORY: 1988, c. 154, § 63.1-238.8; 2002, c. 747.