The phrase “appropriate authority in receiving state” as used in paragraph (a) of Article 5 of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, with reference to this state, means the State Department of Social Services.
Cal. Fam. Code § 7904
INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN
Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10
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