§4191. Purpose and policy — Article I It is the purpose and policy of the party states to cooperate with each other in the interstate placement of children to the end that each child requiring placement shall receive the maximum opportunity to be placed in a suitable environment and with persons or institutions having appropriate […]
§4192. Definitions — Article II As used in this compact: 1. Child. “Child” means a person who, by reason of minority being under 18 years of age, is legally subject to parental, guardianship or similar control. [PL 1971, c. 598, §39 (AMD).] 2. Placement. “Placement” means the arrangement for the care of a […]
§4193. Conditions for placement — Article III No sending agency shall send, bring or cause to be sent or brought into any other party state any child for placement in foster care or as a preliminary to a possible adoption unless the sending agency shall comply with each and every requirement set forth in this […]
§4194. Penalty for illegal placement — Article IV The sending, bringing or causing to be sent or brought into any receiving state of a child in violation of the terms of this compact shall constitute a violation of the laws respecting the placement of children of both the state in which the sending agency is […]
§4195. Retention of jurisdiction — Article V The sending agency shall retain jurisdiction over the child sufficient to determine all matters in relation to the custody, supervision, care, treatment and disposition of the child which it would have had if the child had remained in the sending agency’s state, until the child is adopted, reaches […]
§4196. Institutional care of delinquent children — Article VI A child adjudicated delinquent may be placed in an institution in another party jurisdiction pursuant to this compact but such a placement may not be made unless the child is given a court hearing on notice to the parent or guardian with opportunity to be heard […]
§4197. Compact administrator — Article VII The executive head of each jurisdiction party to this compact shall designate an officer who is to be the general coordinator of activities under this compact in the officer’s jurisdiction and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party jurisdictions, has power to adopt rules to carry out […]
§4198. Limitations — Article VIII This compact shall not apply to: 1. Non-agencies. The sending or bringing of a child into a receiving state by the child’s parent, step-parent, grandparent, adult sibling or adult sibling of the child’s parent or that sibling’s adult spouse or the child’s guardian and leaving the child with any […]
§4199. Enactment and withdrawal — Article IX This compact shall be open to joinder by any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and, with the consent of Congress, the Government of Canada or any province thereof. It shall become effective with respect to any […]
§4200. Construction and severability — Article X This compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. This compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof […]
