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42-2-502. Expected child -- filing of petition indicating intent to release or consent to adoption

MT Code § 42-2-502 (2019) (N/A)
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42-2-502. Expected child -- filing of petition indicating intent to release or consent to adoption. (1) A pregnant individual may file a petition with the court indicating the intention to place an expected child for adoption.

(2) The petition must include the following information:

(a) the individual's intent to release the expected child for adoption;

(b) the approximate date and location of conception;

(c) the expected date of delivery;

(d) any information concerning the identity and whereabouts of any putative or presumed father of the expected child; and

(e) in a situation in which there is a presumed father, the grounds upon which the individual relies in contending that the nonexistence of the father and child relationship can be established in an action brought under 40-6-107.

(3) The petition may allege more than one putative or presumed father.

(4) The petition must be signed by the petitioner and notarized.

History: En. Sec. 58, Ch. 480, L. 1997.

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