"Relative caregiver" means an adult who is related to the child by blood, adoption, or affinity within the fifth degree of kinship, including stepparents, stepsiblings, and all relatives whose status is preceded by the words "great," "great-great," or "grand" or the spouse of any of those persons even if the marriage was terminated by death or dissolution and who assumed primary responsibility for the child while the child was in the relative's care and control, and who is not a biological or adoptive parent.
Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 110718
Note: Authority cited: Sections 17306, 17310 and 17312, Family Code. Reference: Section 17550, Family Code; and Section 11362(c), Welfare and Institutions Code.