foster home

A household in which foster care is provided to a child who has been removed from his or her birth or adoptive parents, usu. for abuse or neglect.

• A foster home is usu. an individual home, but it can also be a group home. [Cases: Infants 226. C.J.S. Adoption of Persons §§ 10–12.]

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