Definition of child

(a) Titles I and II Section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (H) (i) a biological child of an alien permanent partner if the child was under the age of 18 at the time the permanent partnership was formed; or (ii) a child adopted by an alien permanent partner while under the age of 16 years if the child has been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, such adoptive parent for at least 2 years and if the child was under the age of 18 at the time the permanent partnership was formed.. (b) Title III Section 101(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting or as described in subsection (b)(1)(H) after The term child means an unmarried person under twenty-one years of age; and (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting or a deceased permanent partner of the deceased parent, father, or mother, after deceased parent, father, and mother.