Private Child Placing Agency Law and Legal Definition
A private child placing agency is an association created to accept temporary, permanent, or legal custody of children. [ ORC Ann. 2151.011]. The agency places the children for foster care or adoption. An agreement for temporary custody transfers the temporary custody of a child to a public children services agency or a private child placing agency.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Abused Child
- Accredited Agency [Adoption]
- Accrediting Agency [Education]
- Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act
- Administering Agency
- Administration for Children and Families
- Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
- Administrative Agency
- Adopted Child
- Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
