Montana Code 42-2-103. Interstate placement
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42-2-103. Interstate placement. The Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, Title 41, chapter 4, governs:
Terms Used In Montana Code 42-2-103
- 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
- Child: means any person under 18 years of age. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)an adoption in this state of a child brought into this state from another state by a prospective adoptive parent;
(2)a person residing in or an agency doing business from another state who places the child for adoption in this state; and
(3)the placement of a Montana child in another state.