R6-12-309. Relationship

A. To qualify for CA, a dependent child shall reside with at least one of the following specified relatives: 1. A parent; 2. A stepmother, stepfather, stepbrother, or stepsister; 3. A person who is within the fifth degree of kinship to the dependent child, including: grandmother, grandfather, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes “grand,” “great,” or “great-great,” great-great-great grandparents, and first cousins once removed; 4. A spouse of any person named in the above groups, even if the marriage has been terminated by death; 5. A legal permanent guardian who is appointed pursuant to A.R.S. § 8-872; or 6. An unrelated adult only when the child is in the legal custody of the Department and placed in a foster home or with the unrelated adult. B. The Department shall not determine a child or NPCR ineligible solely for any of the following reasons: 1. The dependent child is under the jurisdiction of a court; 2. An agency or individual unrelated to the child has legal custody of the child; 3. The dependent child, or the child’s parent or NPCR, is temporarily absent from the child’s home because: a. The child is making a court-ordered visit to a noncustodial parent for a period not to exceed three consecutive months; b. The child is visiting a parent who has a legal order awarding joint custody of the child, and the child resides with the parent who is part of the child’s assistance unit for the entire calendar month; c. The child is living in a Department-licensed shelter which does not receive funding under Title IV-A or IV-E of the Social Security Act, and the child is expected to return to the home within 30 days of issuance of the first benefit payment; d. During the month for which benefits are sought, the child is entering or leaving foster care funded by other than Title IV-E of the Social Security Act; e. The child is temporarily hospitalized; f. The child is visiting friends or other relatives for a period not to exceed three consecutive months; or g. The child is attending school but returns home at least once a year. C. The Department shall verify the requisite degree of relationship between the child and the child’s parent or NPCR.