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Mont. Code Ann. § 42-3-201

Preplacement evaluation -- timing

Known as the Montana Adoption Act

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

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(1) A child may not be placed for purposes of adoption unless the person with whom a child is proposed to be placed has had a preplacement evaluation completed to determine fitness and readiness as an adoptive parent.

(2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the placing parent must be provided with a copy of the preplacement evaluation prior to execution of a relinquishment and consent to adoption of the child.

(3) The required preplacement evaluation must provide all pertinent information pertaining to the topics identified in 42-3-203.

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.