Terms Used In Montana Code 40-5-204

• Child: means :

  (i)a person under 18 years of age who is not otherwise emancipated, self-supporting, married, or a member of the armed forces of the United States;

  (ii)a person under 19 years of age and still in high school;

  (iii)a person who is mentally or physically incapacitated if the incapacity began prior to the person's 18th birthday; or

  (iv)in a IV-D case, a person for whom:

  (A)support rights are assigned under 53-2-613;

  (B)a public assistance payment has been made;

  (C)the department is providing support enforcement services under 40-5-203; or

  (D)the department has received a referral for IV-D services from an agency of another state or an Indian tribe under the provisions of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, or Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. See Montana Code 40-5-201

• Department: means the department of public health and human services. See Montana Code 40-5-201
• Obligee: means :

  (a)a person to whom a duty of support is owed and who is receiving support enforcement services under this part; or

  (b)a public agency of this or another state or an Indian tribe having the right to receive current or accrued support payments. See Montana Code 40-5-201

• Obligor: means a person, including an alleged father, who owes a duty of support. See Montana Code 40-5-201
• Public assistance: means any type of monetary or other assistance for a child, including medical and foster care benefits. See Montana Code 40-5-201