{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-2-203","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-2-203","heading":"Purpose of registry.","body":"(1) The purpose of the putative father registry is to provide notice of termination of parental rights to a putative father who asserts a parental interest in a child so that the putative father may appear in a proceeding and have an opportunity to establish that the putative father's inchoate rights in the child have vested because a substantial relationship with the child has been established as provided in 42-2-610.\n(2) In addition to any other notice to which the putative father is entitled, a putative father of a child who complies with the requirements of the putative father registry is entitled to notice of any proceedings involving termination of parental rights to the child.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD","Part 2. Putative Father Registration"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0020/part_0020/section_0030/0420-0020-0020-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:15Z","sha256":"062e2ca6b558365548dc810795675724437b04d1be92a29c939081ee465733e1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-202","next":"us-mt/42-2-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}