The father and mother of an unmarried minor child are equally entitled to the parenting, services, and earnings of the child. If either parent is dead or unable or refuses to exercise parenting or has abandoned the family, the other parent is entitled to the parenting, services, and earnings of the child, unless care of the child is determined otherwise pursuant to 40-4-221.
Mont. Code Ann. § 40-6-221
Parenting, services, and earnings of child
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In Re Huff (2009)
Most recently applied in In Re Huff (March 2009)
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Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.