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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

42-2-417: Grounds for court to set aside relinquishment and consent.

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  1. TITLE 42. ADOPTION
  2. CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD
  3. Part 4. Voluntary Relinquishment and Consent to Adopt

(1) The court shall set aside a relinquishment and consent to adopt if the individual who executed the relinquishment and consent establishes:

(a) by clear and convincing evidence, before a decree of adoption is issued, that the consent was obtained by fraud or duress; or

(b) by a preponderance of the evidence, that a condition permitting revocation has occurred, as expressly provided for in 42-2-411.

(2) A verbatim record of testimony must be made.

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