22 C.F.R. § 96.101
Current through September 30, 2024
The provisions of this subpart become effective January 8, 2025.
Note: The following appendix will not appear in the Code of Federal Regulations:
Appendix A-Relative Relationships as Defined in 8 CFR and 22 CFR-Overlapping Familial Relationships in Two Definitions of Relative
| Column A | Column B | Column C |
| Prospective adoptive parent familial relationships with the parent of the child to be adopted as defined in 8 CFR 204.309(b)(2)(iii) | Converted familial relationships in Column A for comparison with relationships in Column C | Prospective adoptive parent familial relationships with the child to be adopted as defined in 22 CFR 96.2 |
| To compare the relationships in column A with those in column C, the terms need to be equivalent. This column shows the conversion of prospective adoptive parent relationships to the PARENT of the child in column A to prospective adoptive parent relationships to the CHILD her/himself as in column C | (Overlapping equivalent familial relationships are in bold .) | |
| former parent/mother or father-in-law/stepparent/parent | grandparent | grandparent . |
| former wife or husband/husband or wife | parent/stepparent | parent/stepparent . |
| daughter-in-law/stepdaughter/daughter | sister/stepsister/half-sister | sister/stepsister/half-sister . |
| son-in-law/stepson/son | brother/stepbrother/half-brother | brother/stepbrother/half-brother . |
| half-sister/sister-in-law/stepsister/sister | aunt | aunt . |
| half-brother/brother-in-law/stepbrother/brother | uncle | uncle . |
| aunt | great aunt | not included.* |
| uncle | great uncle | not included.* |
| niece | 1st cousin | not included.* |
| nephew | 1st cousin | not included.* |
| 1st cousin | 1st cousin once removed | not included.* |
| 2nd cousin | 2nd cousin once removed | not included.* |
* The definition of relative in 22 CFR includes first- and second-degree family relationships. The definition in 8 CFR includes third and some fourth-degree relationships such as great aunts and uncles and first and second cousins. Prospective adoptive parents with relationships beyond the second-degree may adopt relatives but not under the alternative procedures for primary providers found in 22 CFR 96.100.
22 C.F.R. §96.101