N.D. Cent. Code § 50-12-01

Current through 2024 Legislative Session

Section 50-12-01 - Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:

1. "Child-placing agency" means any person undertaking to place children in family homes for temporary or permanent care.

2. "Placement" means the transfer of physical custody of a child from a birth parent for foster or adoptive care until an adoption is finalized.

N.D.C.C. § 50-12-01