Mont. Code § 42-3-101

Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 42-3-101 - Duty to disclose information - form - availability - filing
(1) Except for an adoption proceeding by a stepparent, in any adoption under this title, a birth parent, the department, or an agency shall provide a prospective adoptive parent with social and medical histories of the birth families, including tribal affiliation, if applicable.
(2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the birth family social and medical histories must be completed on a form provided by the department and filed with the court when the adoption petition is filed.
(3) The department shall make a form available to agencies and court administrators for public distribution.

§ 42-3-101, MCA

En. Sec. 81, Ch. 480, L. 1997.