{"data":{"id":"us-mt/41-3-424","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"41-3-424","heading":"Dismissal.","body":"Unless the petition has been previously dismissed, the court shall dismiss an abuse and neglect petition on the motion of a party, or on its own motion, in any case in which all of the following criteria are met:\n(1) a child who has been placed in foster care is reunited with the child's parents and returned home;\n(2) the child remains in the home for a minimum of 6 months with no additional confirmed reports of child abuse or neglect; and\n(3) the department determines and informs the court that the issues that led to department intervention have been resolved and that no reason exists for further department intervention or monitoring.","path":["TITLE 41. MINORS","CHAPTER 3. CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT","Part 4. Abuse or Neglect Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0410/chapter_0030/part_0040/section_0240/0410-0030-0040-0240.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:06Z","sha256":"a4479ae9193bf344120d71bdf651ca4c9ac27382fb8d9d5aebaf978aaf3449d2","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/41-3-423","next":"us-mt/41-3-425"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}