Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 39 > Chapter 7 > Part 3 - Displaced Homemakers

• Adult: means a person who is 18 years of age or older. See Montana Code 39-7-303
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of labor and industry as provided in 2-15-1701. See Montana Code 39-7-303
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Displaced homemaker: means an adult who:

  (a)has worked as an adult primarily without remuneration to care for the home and family and for that reason has diminished marketable skills and who has been dependent on public assistance or on the income of a relative but is no longer supported by that income; or

  (b)(i) is a parent whose youngest dependent child will become ineligible to receive cash assistance, as defined in 53-4-201, pursuant to Title 53, chapter 4, part 2, within 2 years of the parent's application for displaced homemaker assistance;

  (ii)is unemployed or underemployed and is experiencing difficulty in obtaining any employment or suitable employment, as appropriate; or

  (iii)meets the qualifications described in subsection (3)(a) or (3)(b) and is a criminal offender. See Montana Code 39-7-303

• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Property: means real and personal property. See Montana Code 1-1-205
• 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