Finality is necessary in order to facilitate the state's compelling interest. The legislature finds that the interests of the child outweigh the interests of the state, the mother, the adoptive parents, and a birth father who is not married to the child's mother.
Mont. Code Ann. § 42-1-109
Need for finality -- balancing of interests
Known as the Montana Adoption Act
The act spans §§ 42–42 (192 sections).
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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.