{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-43-149","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-149","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-149","body":"As used in sections 43-147 to 43-154 , unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) Adoption assistance state shall mean the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case;\n\n(2) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services; and\n\n(3) State shall mean a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 43"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=43-149","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"46ab0de395e10140765128f7f5cf1c04930f0be418228324e8b1977d5fded5d4","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-43-148","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-43-150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}