Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 42. ADOPTION

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL ADOPTION PROVISIONS

Part 1. Adoption Policy and Procedures

Who May Adopt

42-1-106. Who may adopt. The following individuals who otherwise meet the requirements of this title are eligible to adopt a child:

(1) a husband and wife jointly or either the husband or wife if the other spouse is a parent of the child;

(2) an unmarried individual who is at least 18 years of age; or

(3) a married individual at least 18 years of age who is legally separated from the other spouse or whose spouse has judicially been declared incompetent.

History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 480, L. 1997.