For purposes of sections 43-155 to 43-160, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 43-156

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

(1) Adoption involving exchange of information shall mean an adoption of a child in which one or both of the child’s biological parents contract with the department for information about the child obtained through his or her adoptive family;

(2) Exchange-of-information contract shall mean a two-year, renewable obligation, voluntarily agreed to and signed by both the adoptive and biological parent or parents as well as the department; and

(3) Department shall mean the Department of Health and Human Services.