{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-16172","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 16172","heading":"","body":"As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:\n(a) “Adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.\n(b) “Residence state” means the state where the child is living.\n(c) “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.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 4. SERVICES FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN [16000. - 16589.]","CHAPTER 2.6. Interstate Adoption Assistance Agreements [16170. - 16177.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6e3b45985e63fc874ac2093a8ade332845bd9aeddd418f83999335a732b31930","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-16171","next":"us-ca/wic-16173"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}