§ 1062.30.Applicability

This opening section marks out exactly which claims this chapter governs. It applies to any claim or lawsuit brought against a foster family agency or a noncustodial adoption agency for the acts of that agency's employees, contractors, or volunteers, where the claim is brought by a recipient of the agency's services or on that recipient's behalf.

The scope is narrow and deliberate. It targets liability disputes arising from an agency's own personnel and contracted workers, not every dispute a foster family agency might face, and it is limited to claims brought by, or for, the people who receive the agency's services.

The following sections build on this foundation: § 1062.31 explains the public policy behind protecting these agencies, § 1062.32 defines the key terms, and § 1062.33 sets out how liability is divided between an agency and the public entity it contracts with.