Montana § 42-2-302 Persons Whose Consent Not Required

Montana Statutes

§ 42-2-302 — Persons Whose Consent Not Required

Montana § 42-2-302

Title 42ADOPTION

Ch. 2ADOPTION OF CHILD

Part 3Consent for Adoption

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Mont. Code Ann. § 42-2-302 (2026).

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42-2-302 . Persons whose consent not required. Consent to adoption of a child is not required from:

(1)an individual whose parental relationship to the child has been judicially terminated for unfitness or has been determined not to exist or who has waived parental rights;

(2)a parent who has been judicially declared incompetent;

(3)an individual who has not been married to the mother of the child and who, after the conception of the child, executes a notarized statement denying paternity or a notarized statement acknowledging paternity and denying any interest in the child; or

(4)the personal representative of a deceased parent's estate.

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42-2-302 . Persons whose consent not required. Consent to adoption of a child is not required from:
(1) an individual whose parental relationship to the child has been judicially terminated for unfitness or has been determined not to exist or who has waived parental rights;
(2) a parent who has been judicially declared incompetent;
(3) an individual who has not been married to the mother of the child and who, after the conception of the child, executes a notarized statement denying paternity or a notarized statement acknowledging paternity and denying any interest in the child; or
(4) the personal representative of a deceased parent's estate.