(a) For the purposes of this chapter, “caretaker relative” means a relative of a dependent child by blood, adoption, or marriage with whom the child is living, who assumes primary responsibility for the child’s care, and who is one of the following:

(1) The child’s father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, great grandparent, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece, great-great grandparent, great uncle or aunt, first cousin, great-great-great grandparent, great-great uncle or aunt, or first cousin once removed.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 14055

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 12.2

(2) The spouse or registered domestic partner of one of the relatives identified in paragraph (1), even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce or the domestic partnership has been legally terminated.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2014.

(Added by Stats. 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 3, Sec. 23. (AB 1 1x) Effective September 30, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)