Montana § 42-3-101 - Duty To Disclose Information -- Form -- Availability -- Filing
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§ 42-3-101. Duty To Disclose Information -- Form -- Availability -- Filing
Duty to disclose information -- form -- availability -- filing. (1) Except for an adoption proceeding by a stepparent, in any adoption under this title, a birth parent, the department, or an agency shall provide a prospective adoptive parent with social and medical histories of the birth families, including tribal affiliation, if applicable. (2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the birth family social and medical histories must be completed on a form provided by the department and filed with the court when the adoption petition is filed. (3) The department shall make a form available to agencies and court administrators for public distribution.
Source: official Montana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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