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Ohio Revised Code Title LI. Public Welfare § 5101.85

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in sections 5101.851 to 5101.856 of the Revised Code, “kinship caregiver” means any of the following who is eighteen years of age or older and is caring for a child in place of the child's parents:

(A) The following individuals related by blood or adoption to the child:

(1) Grandparents, including grandparents with the prefix “great,” “great-great,” or “great-great-great”;

(2) Siblings;

(3) Aunts, uncles, nephews, and nieces, including such relatives with the prefix “great,” “great-great,” “grand,” or “great-grand”;

(4) First cousins and first cousins once removed.

(B) Stepparents and stepsiblings of the child;

(C) Spouses and former spouses of individuals named in divisions (A) and (B) of this section;

(D) A legal guardian of the child;

(E) A legal custodian of the child;

(F) Any nonrelative adult that has a familiar and long-standing relationship or bond with the child or the family, which relationship or bond will ensure the child's social ties.

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