Private adoption agency definition

Private adoption agency means a child welfare agency with the powers and duties of an adoption agency under ss. 48.60 and 48.61 (5) and (7), Stats., or a comparable agency authorized under the laws of another state.
Private adoption agency means a body corporate which holds a licence provided for by Division 2 of Part 2;
Private adoption agency means a charitable organisa- tion for the time being approved as a private adop- tion agency under Part III of this Act.

Examples of Private adoption agency in a sentence

  • Private adoption agency, attorney, and curator ad hoc for child, and Department of Social Services then intervened and applied for supervisory writs.


More Definitions of Private adoption agency

Private adoption agency means a private child placing agency that places or arranges for placement of a child in an approved adoptive home and provides adoptive services for a child who does not have an open dependency case and is not in custody of the Department.

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