New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-D:4 – Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings:
I. “Adoption assistance state” means a state which is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
II. “Commissioner” means commissioner, department of health and human services.
III. “Residence state” means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
IV. “State” means 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 the United States or one administered by the United States.
I. “Adoption assistance state” means a state which is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-D:4
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
II. “Commissioner” means commissioner, department of health and human services.
III. “Residence state” means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
IV. “State” means 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 the United States or one administered by the United States.