Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 42 > Chapter 6 - Records

• Adoptee: means an adopted person or a person who is the subject of adoption proceedings that are intended to result in the adoptee becoming the legal child of another person. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Adoption: means the act of creating the legal relationship between parent and child when it does not exist genetically. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Adoptive parent: means an adult who has become the mother or father of a child through the legal process of adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Agency: means a child placement agency licensed by the state of Montana pursuant to Title 52, chapter 8, that is expressly empowered to place children preliminary to a possible adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Birth parent: means the woman who gave birth to the child or the father of genetic origin of the child. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Child: means any person under 18 years of age. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Confidential intermediary: means a person certified by the department and under contract with or employed by a nonprofit entity with expertise in adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Court: means a court of record in a competent jurisdiction and in Montana means a district court or a tribal court. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Department: means the department of public health and human services, provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Embezzlement: In most states, embezzlement is defined as theft/larceny of assets (money or property) by a person in a position of trust or responsibility over those assets. Embezzlement typically occurs in the employment and corporate settings. ^{Source: OCC}
• Extended family member: means a person who is or was the adoptee's parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, brother or sister, or child. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Identifying information: means information that directly reveals or indirectly indicates the identity of a person and includes the person's name or address. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Nonidentifying information: means information that does not directly reveal or indirectly indicate the identity of a person, including:

  (a)medical information and information related to general physical characteristics;

  (b)family information, including marital status and the existence of siblings;

  (c)religious affiliation;

  (d)educational background information that does not reveal specific programs or institutions attended;

  (e)general occupation;

  (f)hobbies; and

  (g)photographs provided by any of the parties involved that were specifically intended to be provided to another party. See Montana Code 42-1-103

• Parent: means the birth or adoptive mother or the birth, adoptive, or legal father whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Records: means all documents, exhibits, and data pertaining to an adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
• Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203