Placements – The following types of interstate placements must comply with the

Placements – The following types of interstate placements must comply with the ICPC: 1. Placements preliminary to an adoption (public, private, and independent); 2. Placements into foster care; 3. Placements with parents and relatives when a parent or relative is not making the placement; and 4. Placements in group homes or residential facilities, including children adjudicated delinquent. Exempted Placements – The following interstate placements/travel are exempt from compliance with the ICPC: 1. Placement in a hospital, medical, or acute mental health facility, excluding residential facilities; 2. Placement into boarding schools or institutions primarily educational in character; 3. Placement made by and to a parent, stepparent, grandparent, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or the child’s non-agency guardian who has responsibility- for the child. a. The exemption only applies if the Sending Agency and the placement recipient belong to the identified class of individuals. 4. Placements resulting from the exclusive jurisdiction of a divorce, probate, custody, or paternity court; 5. A court’s placement with a parent from whom the child was not removed; a. Exclusion applies if the court has no evidence the parent is unfit, and it seeks no evidence regarding the parent’s fitness. b. The court must immediately relinquish its jurisdiction over the child upon placement with the parent. 6. A court’s placement with a parent from whom the child was not removed. Exclusion applies if the court has no evidence the parent is unfit, and the court seeks no evidence regarding the parent’s fitness. The court must immediately relinquish its jurisdiction over the child upon placement with the parent; 7. Placement of a child from or into Puerto Rico, Guam, or Samoa, which should be completed as a courtesy; and 8. Visits to a Receiving State. a. The purpose of a visit is to provide the child with a social or cultural experience of short duration. b. A visit must have the above purpose and it should last no longer than thirty (30) days unless it begins and ends within the child’s school vacation. i. A visit may not be extended or renewed in a manner which will cause it to exceed thirty (30) days or the child’s school vacation period. ii. A child who remains in a “visit” for over thirty (30) days is in an unapproved placement in violation of Article III. c. Visits are not recognized as placements; therefore, the safeguards offered by the ICPC will not be fully enacted.