Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Children's Code > Title XI > Chapter 9 - Foreign Surrenders

• Agency: includes the Department of Children and Family Services, the corresponding department of any other state, and those private agencies and institutions licensed for the placement of children for adoption by the Department of Children and Family Services or by the corresponding department of any other state. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
• Child: means a person under eighteen years of age and not emancipated by marriage. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
• Legal tender: coins, dollar bills, or other currency issued by a government as official money. ^{Source: U.S. Mint}