Effective - 28 Aug 2013
453.072. Qualified relatives to receive subsidies, when — definitions. — 1. Any subsidies available to adoptive parents pursuant to section 453.073 and section 453.074 shall also be available to a qualified relative of a child or a qualified close nonrelated person who is granted legal guardianship of the child in the same manner as such subsidies are available for adoptive parents.
2. As used in this section:
(1) "Close nonrelated person" means any nonrelated person whose life is so intermingled with the child such that the relationship is similar to a family relationship;
(2) "Relative" means any grandparent, aunt, uncle, adult sibling of the child or adult first cousin of the child, or any other person related to the child by blood or affinity.
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(L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 236, A.L. 2005 S.B. 539, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1946, A.L. 2013 S.B. 47)