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Mont. Code Ann. § 42-2-501

Timing of proceedings to terminate

Known as the Montana Adoption Act

The act spans §§ 42–42 (192 sections).

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(1) In order to provide notice to a putative father at the earliest possible time of an expectant mother's intent to release an expected child for adoption and in order to facilitate early placement of a child for adoption, an expectant mother may initiate proceedings to terminate paternal rights by filing a petition of intent to place a child for adoption prior to the birth of the child.

(2) A petition to terminate parental rights may also be filed after a child is born.

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.