A. A licensed child welfare agency may accept any child of a class, age and sex specified in its license, from the child’s parent, guardian or relative, or a child which is lawfully committed thereto, and shall care for and control the child until discharged to its parent, relative or guardian, transferred to another child welfare agency or otherwise lawfully committed to another.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-510

  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Parent: means the natural or adoptive mother or father of a child. See Arizona Laws 8-501
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Relative: means a grandparent, great-grandparent, brother or sister of whole or half blood, aunt, uncle or first cousin. See Arizona Laws 8-501

B. A licensed child welfare agency may assume the care, custody and guardianship of the person or estate of a child, or both, during the minority of the child, upon the order of a court having jurisdiction.

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