{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-50-12-01","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 50-12-01","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires:\n1.\"Child-placing agency\" means any person undertaking to place children in family homes for temporary or permanent care.\n2.\"Placement\" means the transfer of physical custody of a child from a birth parent for foster or adoptive care until an adoption is finalized.","path":["Title 50 Public Welfare","Chapter 50-12 Child-Placing Agency"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t50c12.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"8f63433e8bd248aa731477c42bc90e219357c0024a753112e5c868ae3e4f7d21","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-50-11.3-02","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-50-12-02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}