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.]

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 §§