Ohio Revised Code Title LI. Public Welfare § 5101.19

(A) “Adopted child” means a person who is less than eighteen years of age when the person becomes subject to a final order of adoption, an interlocutory order of adoption, or when the adoption is recognized by this state under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code.

(B) “Adoption” includes an adoption arranged by an attorney, a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or a private noncustodial agency, an interstate adoption, or an international or foreign adoption.

(C) “Adoptive parent” means the person or persons who obtain parental rights and responsibilities over an adopted child pursuant to a final order of adoption, an interlocutory order of adoption, or an adoption recognized by this state under section 3107.18 of the Revised Code.

(D) “Casework services” means services performed or arranged by a public children services agency, private child placing agency, private noncustodial agency, or public entity with whom the department of job and family services has a Title IV-E subgrant agreement in effect, to manage the progress, provide supervision and protection of the child and the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.

(E) “Foster caregiver” has the same meaning as in section 5103.02 of the Revised Code.

(F) “Qualified professional” means an individual that is, but not limited to, any one of the following:

(G) “Special needs” means any of the following: