Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org37536063.2-1402Definitions2026Welfare (Social Services)Social Services ProgramsUniform Act on Adoption and Medical Assistance

For the purposes of this chapter:

“Adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.

“Residence state” means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.

“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.

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