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Mont. Code Ann. § 42-3-101 (2026)

Duty To Disclose Information -- Form -- Availability -- Filing

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TITLE 42. ADOPTION

CHAPTER 3. REQUIREMENTS OF PARTIES IN ADOPTION

Part 1. Duty of Placing Party to Disclose Information

Duty To Disclose Information -- Form -- Availability -- Filing

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.

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

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: In re the Adoption of S.R.T., 2011 MT 219, 260 P.3d 177.
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In re the Adoption of S.R.T., 2011 MT 219, 260 P.3d 177. “bilities of all parties in the adoption proceeding, § 42-1-108, MCA, it offers protection and notice provisions for putative fathers, § 42-2-201 through 230, MCA, it dictates how voluntary relinquishment of parental rights and consent to adoption may be effected, §42-2-401…”
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