42-1-109. Need for finality -- balancing of interests. Finality is necessary in order to facilitate the state's compelling interest. The legislature finds that the interests of the child outweigh the interests of the state, the mother, the adoptive parents, and a birth father who is not married to the child's mother.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 480, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 1. General Adoption Provisions
Part 1. Adoption Policy and Procedures
42-1-107. Adoption prohibited if child not legally free
42-1-108. Rights and responsibilities of parties in adoption proceedings
42-1-109. Need for finality -- balancing of interests
42-1-110. Presumed knowledge that child may be adopted without notice