{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-2-208","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-2-208","heading":"Burden of putative father to preserve rights upon receipt of notice.","body":"When a putative father receives notice that a child in whom the putative father claims a parental interest is the subject of a termination of parental rights proceeding, the putative father must appear at the hearing held on the petition to terminate parental rights and demonstrate, at a minimum, that the criteria set out in 42-2-610 for determining whether the putative father has made reasonable efforts to establish a substantial relationship with the child who is the subject of the proceedings have been met.","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_0080/0420-0020-0020-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:16Z","sha256":"893b70a4ed8ade652d6eec43ade6bd13cf7ec693e44881accd6b55f2cd43aec5","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-207","next":"us-mt/42-2-209"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}