{"data":{"id":"us-mt/52-8-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"52-8-101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part, the following definitions apply:\n(1) \"Person\" includes any individual, partnership, voluntary association, or corporation.\n(2) \"Placement activities\" means any of the following:\n(a) placement of a child for adoption or foster care;\n(b) arranging or providing short-term foster care for a child pending an adoptive placement; or\n(c) facilitating placement of a child by maintaining a list in any form of birth parents or prospective adoptive or foster parents.\n(3) \"Soliciting\" means to request, offer, promote, or refer, either directly or indirectly through correspondence, advertising, or other method, a potential adoptive or foster parent or couple, birth parent or parents, or placement of a child by a birth parent.","path":["TITLE 52. FAMILY SERVICES","CHAPTER 8. LICENSING OF CHILD PLACEMENT AGENCY","Part 1. Licensing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0520/chapter_0080/part_0010/section_0010/0520-0080-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:56:55Z","sha256":"72ab1bd3e925a555b6e80bebf3c68e51ccf4f3204919ff0b946690e90d73e09a","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/52-7-105","next":"us-mt/52-8-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}