AGING-OUT
aging-out,n. A foster child’s or minor ward’s reaching the age at which any legal right to care
expires. • Aging-out usu. occurs when the child reaches the age of majority and becomes ineligible
for foster care. Some states allow an extension of eligibility up to age 21 if the child is still in
school or cannot live independently, or if it is otherwise in the child’s best interests to remain in
foster care and the child consents. See INDEPENDENT-LIVING PROGRAM [Blacks Law 8th]