Montana Statutes
§ 42-10-106 — Certification As Child With Special Needs
42-10-106 . Certification as child with special needs.
(1)Whenever the conditions of 42-10-103 are found to exist and the foster parents seek to adopt the child, the child must be certified as a child with special needs.
(2)In all other cases in which the conditions of 42-10-103 are found to exist and after reasonable efforts have been made and without subsidy no appropriate adoptive family has been found for a child, the department shall certify the child as a child with special needs.
(3)If the child is the dependent of a licensed child-placing agency, that agency shall present to the department evidence of inability to place the child for adoption due to any of the conditions specified in 42-10-103 . The agency shall present evidence that reasonable efforts have been made to place th
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Legislative History
En. 71-1810 by Sec. 5, Ch. 434, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 71-1810(1) thru (3); Sec. 53-4-307 , MCA 1989; redes. 52-2-506 by Code Commissioner, 1991; Sec. 52-2-506 , MCA 1995; redes. 42-10-106 by Sec. 174, Ch. 480, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 21, L. 1999.
Nearby Sections
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§ 42-10-101
Short Title§ 42-10-102
Purpose§ 42-10-103
Definitions§ 42-10-104
Power And Duties Of Department§ 42-10-105
Records To Be Confidential§ 42-10-106
Certification As Child With Special Needs§ 42-10-107
Eligibility For Subsidy§ 42-10-108
Subsidy Agreement§ 42-10-109
Amount, Duration, And Scope Of Subsidy§ 42-10-110
Repealed§ 42-10-111
Through 42-10-120 Reserved§ 42-10-121
Definitions§ 42-10-122
Authorization§ 42-10-123
Federal Participation§ 42-10-124
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