{"data":{"id":"us-mt/41-3-307","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"41-3-307","heading":"Availability of prehearing conferences.","body":"(1) A prehearing conference must be held within 5 working days of a child's removal and before an emergency protective services hearing held by the court pursuant to 41-3-306.\n(2) A prehearing conference must include the following parties:\n(a) the parents, parent, guardian, or other person having physical or legal custody of the child, if the parents, parent, guardian, or other person chooses to participate;\n(b) the legal counsel of the participant provided for in subsection (2)(a);\n(c) the child's legal counsel;\n(d) the county attorney's office;\n(e) the child protection investigator; and\n(f) the child reunification specialist.\n(3) To the greatest degree possible using available funding, the meetings must be conducted by an independent and trained facilitator.\n(4) At a minimum, the meetings must involve discussion of:\n(a) the child's current placement and options for continued placement if the child remains out of the home;\n(b) whether other options exist for an in-home safety plan or resource that may allow the child to remain in the home;\n(c) parenting time schedules; and\n(d) treatment services for the family.","path":["TITLE 41. MINORS","CHAPTER 3. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT","Part 3. Protective Care"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0410/chapter_0030/part_0030/section_0070/0410-0030-0030-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:06Z","sha256":"d49ca8d54488505f42a5cb460e1ca8c3e3d087f872b36f2efabd9ae9e5c1db86","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/41-3-306","next":"us-mt/41-3-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}