WAC 388-454-0010. Do I have to be related to a child in order to get TANF or SFA for the child?

To get TANF or SFA, a child must live with a parent, other relative, court-ordered guardian, court-ordered custodian, or other adult acting in loco parentis . (1) We consider the following people as parents for TANF and SFA: (a) The child's natural or adoptive parent; or (b) A stepparent who is legally obligated to support the child. (2) We consider a man as a child's natural father if the relationship is: (a) Made under a judgment or order under RCW 26.26.130 that set the relationship between the parent and child; or (b) Presumed under the Uniform Parentage Act (chapter 26.26 RCW). (3) When a child lives with a relative, the relative must be one of the following relationships to the child in order for that child to be eligible for TANF or SFA: (a) The following blood relatives (including relatives of half blood) or their spouses: Siblings, first cousins (including first cousins once removed), nephews and nieces, and persons of earlier generations (including aunts, uncles and grandparents) as shown by the prefixes of great, great-great, or great-great-great; (b) A natural parent whose parental rights were terminated by a court order; (c) A stepparent who no longer has to support the child because: (i) The child's natural or adoptive parent died; or (ii) Divorce or dissolution ended the marriage between the stepparent and the child's natural or adoptive parent. (d) A step sibling even if the marriage between the step sibling's parent and the child's natural or adoptive parent ended by death, divorce or dissolution.