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3. Eligible employees with an immediate family member or next of kin recovering from a serious illness or injury sustain in the line of active duty can qualify for up to 26 weeks of leave in a 12-month period. DEFINITION/APPLICATION: 1. Spouse means a husband or wife as defined or recognized in the state where the individual was married and includes individuals in a same-sex marriage or common law marriage. 2. Registered Domestic Partner means one of two adults who are parties to a valid domestic relationship as established pursuant to section 11A-72 of the Miami- Dade County Code. 3. Parent means a biological, adoptive, step or foster parent or an individual who stands or stood in loco parentis to an employee when the employee was a child. Parent for FMLA purposes does not include in-laws. 4. Grandparent means a biological, adoptive, or step grandparent for whom the employee has assumed primary financial responsibility. 5. Child means a biological, adopted or foster child, a stepchild, a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco parentis. For purposes of FMLA taken for adoption of a child or to care for a child with a serious health condition, the child must be under age 18 or age 18 or older and incapable of self-care because of a mental or physical disability. For purposes of FMLA taken to care for a covered servicemember with a serious injury or illness, or because of a qualifying exigency, the child may be of any age. 6. Incapable of self-care means that the individual requires active assistance or supervision to provide daily self-care in several of the activities of daily living (e.g., grooming and hygiene, bathing, dressing, eating, cooking, cleaning, shopping, taking public transportation, paying bills, maintaining residence, using telephones and directories, using a post office, etc.) 7. Foster care means twenty-four (24)-hour care for children in substitution for, and away from, their parents or legal guardians. Such placement with the family for the child's care is made by or with the agreement of the state. 8. Physical or mental disability means a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual. 9. In Loco Parentis refers to a person who has put himself in the situation of a lawful parent by assuming the obligations incident to a parental relationship without going through the formalities of legal adoption. It includes assuming parental status and discharging parental duties such as individuals with day-to- 704:2 FMLA Page 2 of 19 113