"Adoptive placement" means a living arrangement with a family that is directed toward establishing that family as the child's new legal parents. To be considered an adoptive placement, the child must be placed in a licensed foster family home or a license exempt relative home for purposes of adoption and:
- be legally free (parental rights have been terminated or both parents have surrendered their parental rights); or
- be placed in a legal risk adoptive placement that has passed legal screening as described in 89 Ill. Adm. Code 309 (Adoption Services for Children for Whom the Department of Children and Family Services is Legally Responsible).(R 302, 309 402)