Montana Title 42. Adoption § 42-10-121. Definitions

(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.