Wisconsin § 49.19 - Aid to families with dependent children.

§ 49.19. Aid to families with dependent children.

49.19(1) (1) 49.19(1)(a) (a) In this section, “dependent child” means a child under the age of 18 or, if the child is a full-time student at a secondary school or its vocational or technical equivalent and is reasonably expected to complete the program before reaching 19, is under the age of 19, who: 49.19(1)(a)1. 1. Has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of the death, continued absence from the home other than absence occasioned solely by reason of the performance of active duty in the uniformed services of the United States, unemployment or incapacity of a parent; and 49.19(1)(a)2. 2. 49.19(1)(a)2.a. a. Is living with a parent; a blood relative, including those of half-blood, and including first cousins, nephews or nieces and persons of preceding generations as denoted by prefixes of grand, great or great-great; a stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother or stepsister; a person who legally adopts the child or is the adoptive parent of the child’s parent, a natural or legally adopted child of such person or a relative of an adoptive parent; or a spouse of any person named in this subparagraph even if the marriage is terminated by death or divorce; and is living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child’s or their own home, or living in a residence maintained by one or more of these relatives as the child’s or their own home because the parents of the child have been found unfit to have care and custody of the child; or 49.19(1)(a)2.b. b. Is living in a foster home licensed under s.