§ 42-10-121

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.