WAC 388-454-0010
Do I have to be related to a child in
order to get TANF or SFA for the child? To get TANF or SFA, a
child must live with a parent, other relative, court-ordered
guardian, court-ordered custodian, or other adult acting in
loco parentis.
(1) We consider the following people as parents for TANF
and SFA:
(a) The child's natural or adoptive parent; or
(b) A stepparent who is legally obligated to support the
child.
(2) We consider a man as a child's natural father if the
relationship is:
(a) Made under a judgment or order under RCW 26.26.130
that set the relationship between the parent and child; or
(b) Presumed under the Uniform Parentage Act (chapter 26.26 RCW).
(3) When a child lives with a relative, the relative must
be one of the following relationships to the child in order
for that child to be eligible for TANF or SFA:
(a) The following blood relatives (including relatives of
half blood) or their spouses: Siblings, first cousins
(including first cousins once removed), nephews and nieces,
and persons of earlier generations (including aunts, uncles
and grandparents) as shown by the prefixes of great,
great-great, or great-great-great;
(b) A natural parent whose parental rights were
terminated by a court order;
(c) A stepparent who no longer has to support the child
because:
(i) The child's natural or adoptive parent died; or
(ii) Divorce or dissolution ended the marriage between
the stepparent and the child's natural or adoptive parent.
(d) A step sibling even if the marriage between the step
sibling's parent and the child's natural or adoptive parent
ended by death, divorce or dissolution.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055, 74.04.057. 04-05-012, § 388-454-0010, filed 2/6/04, effective 3/8/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.057, 2000 2nd sp.s.
c 1. 01-03-121, § 388-454-0010, filed 1/22/01, effective
3/1/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.04.050, 74.04.055,
74.04.057 and 74.08.090. 98-16-044, § 388-454-0010, filed
7/31/98, effective 9/1/98.]