Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 42. ADOPTION

CHAPTER 3. REQUIREMENTS OF PARTIES IN ADOPTION

Part 2. Requirements of Prospective Adoptive Parents

Filing Of Evaluation In Adoption Proceedings

42-3-213. Filing of evaluation in adoption proceedings. (1) In a direct parental placement adoption, the preplacement evaluation report must be filed with the court in support of the petition to terminate parental rights for purposes of adoption.

(2) In an adoption arranged by the department or a licensed child-placing agency, the preplacement evaluation report must be permanently maintained in the files of the department or the licensed child-placing agency.

History: En. Sec. 91, Ch. 480, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 257, L. 1999.