Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 9. GRANDPARENT-GRANDCHILD CONTACT

Part 2. Nonexclusive Remedy

Nonexclusive Remedy

40-9-202. Nonexclusive remedy. In addition to or in lieu of seeking reasonable rights to contact with a child under this chapter, a grandparent retains the following rights:

(1) to seek a parental interest, visitation, or parenting plan under Title 40, chapter 4;

(2) to seek authority as a caretaker relative, including authority to consent to medical care, for a child under Title 40, chapter 6;

(3) to seek custody of a child as an extended family member under Title 41, chapter 3;

(4) to seek adoption of a child under Title 42; and

(5) to seek guardianship of a child under Title 72, chapter 5.

History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 199, L. 2019.