§ 1087 — Definitions

§ 1087. Definitions. When used in this article, the following terms\nshall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Child" shall mean a person under the age of eighteen who is\nplaced in foster care pursuant to section three hundred fifty-eight-a,\nthree hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-four-a of the social\nservices law or pursuant to section one thousand twenty-two, one\nthousand twenty-seven, one thousand fifty-two, one thousand eighty-nine,\none thousand ninety-one, one thousand ninety-four or one thousand\nninety-five of this act; or directly placed with a relative pursuant to\nsection one thousand seventeen or one thousand fifty-five of this act;\nor who has been freed for adoption or a person between the ages of\neighteen and twenty-one who has consented to continuation in foster care\nor trial discharge status; or a former foster care youth under the age\nof twenty-one for whom a court has granted a motion to permit the former\nfoster care youth to return to the custody of the local commissioner of\nsocial services or other officer, board or department authorized to\nreceive children as public charges.\n (b) "Child freed for adoption" shall mean a person whose custody and\nguardianship has been committed to an authorized agency pursuant to\nsection three hundred eighty-three-c, three hundred eighty-four, or\nthree hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law. Such category\nshall include a person whose parent or parents have died during the\nperiod in which the child was in foster care and for whom there is no\nsurviving parent who would be entitled to notice or consent pursuant to\nsection one hundred eleven or one hundred eleven-a of the domestic\nrelations law. Such category shall not include a child who has been\nfreed for adoption with respect to one parent but who has another parent\nwhose consent to an adoption is required pursuant to section one hundred\neleven of the domestic relations law.\n (c) "Foster care" shall mean care provided by an authorized agency to\na child in a foster family, free or boarding home; agency boarding home;\ngroup home; child care institution, health care facility or any\ncombination thereof.\n (d) "Agency" means an authorized agency as defined in paragraphs (a)\nand (b) of subdivision ten of section three hundred seventy-one of the\nsocial services law, to which the care and custody or custody and\nguardianship of a child has been transferred or committed.\n (e) "Permanency hearing report" shall mean a sworn report submitted by\nthe social services district to the court and the parties prior to each\npermanency hearing regarding the health and well-being of the child, the\nreasonable efforts that have been made since the last hearing to promote\npermanency for the child, and the recommended permanency plan for the\nchild.\n