Ohio Code 5101.85 – Kinship caregiver defined
As used in sections 5101.851 to 5101.856 of the Revised Code, “kinship caregiver” means any of the following who is eighteen years of age or older and is caring for a child in place of the child’s parents:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5101.85
- Bond: includes an undertaking. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- 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.
(A) The following individuals related by blood or adoption to the child:
(1) Grandparents, including grandparents with the prefix “great,” “great-great,” or “great-great-great”;
(2) Siblings;
(3) Aunts, uncles, nephews, and nieces, including such relatives with the prefix “great,” “great-great,” “grand,” or “great-grand”;
(4) First cousins and first cousins once removed.
(B) Stepparents and stepsiblings of the child;
(C) Spouses and former spouses of individuals named in divisions (A) and (B) of this section;
(D) A legal guardian of the child;
(E) A legal custodian of the child;
(F) Any nonrelative adult that has a familiar and long-standing relationship or bond with the child or the family, which relationship or bond will ensure the child’s social ties.