42-2-401. Child available for adoption -- voluntary acts of parents. A parent may voluntarily make a child available for adoption by:
(1) executing a voluntary relinquishment and consent to adoption;
(2) executing a denial of paternity; or
(3) submitting a notarized acknowledgment of paternity and a denial of any interest in custody of the child.
History: En. Sec. 42, Ch. 480, L. 1997.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Part 4. Voluntary Relinquishment and Consent to Adopt
42-2-401. Child available for adoption -- voluntary acts of parents
42-2-402. Voluntary relinquishment -- validity
42-2-403. Arrearages of child support -- responsibility to child
42-2-404. Who may relinquish -- to whom
42-2-406. and 42-2-407 reserved
42-2-409. Adoptive decision support services
42-2-410. Revocation of relinquishment and consent
42-2-411. Conditional relinquishment and consent
42-2-412. Content of relinquishment and consent to adopt
42-2-413. Consequences of relinquishment and consent to adopt
42-2-414. Notification of availability of mental health services
42-2-415. and 42-2-416 reserved
42-2-417. Grounds for court to set aside relinquishment and consent
42-2-418. Remedy when relinquishment and consent to adopt revoked or set aside -- expediency
42-2-419. and 42-2-420 reserved
42-2-421. Notarized denial of paternity -- no entitlement to notice