43-156 Terms, defined. - Nebraska Statutes

43-156. Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 43-155 to 43-160, unless the context otherwise requires:(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. SourceLaws 1988, LB 301, § 2; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 122.