Mont. Code § 42-4-203

Current through the 2023 Regular Session
Section 42-4-203 - [Effective until 7/1/2025] Duties of placing parent
(1) A parent who is placing a child for adoption shall comply with the provisions for executing a voluntary relinquishment and consent to adopt.
(2) A parent placing a child for adoption shall identify and provide information on the location of:
(a) any other legal parent or guardian of the child and any other person required to receive notice under 42-2-605, including any current spouse; and
(b) any spouse who is the other birth parent and to whom the parent was married at the probable time of conception or birth of the child.
(3) A parent placing a child for adoption shall identify and provide information pertaining to any Indian heritage of the child that would bring the child within the jurisdiction of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 U.S.C. 1901, et seq., or the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act provided for in Title 41, chapter 3, part 13.
(4) A parent placing a child for adoption shall provide:
(a) the disclosures of medical and social history;
(b) a certified copy of the child's birth certificate or other document certifying the place and date of the child's birth; and
(c) a certified copy of any existing court orders pertaining to custody or visitation of the child. (Terminates June 30, 2025--sec. 55, Ch. 716, L. 2023.)

§ 42-4-203, MCA

Amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 716,Sec. 45, eff. 7/1/2023, terminates 6/30/2025.
En. Sec. 106, Ch. 480, L. 1997.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.