42-10-121. Definitions. As used in 42-10-121 through 42-10-128, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Adoption assistance agreement" means an agreement for adoption assistance between adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state that undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, including a subsidy agreement as provided in 42-10-108.
(2) "Adoption assistance state" means the signatory state to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
(3) "Residence state" means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
(4) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 274, L. 1991; Sec. 52-2-521, MCA 1995; redes. 42-10-121 by Sec. 174, Ch. 480, L. 1997.
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