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

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 42. ADOPTION

CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD

Part 5. Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights

Expected Child -- Filing Of Petition Indicating Intent To Release Or Consent To Adoption

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.