{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-2-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-2-302","heading":"Persons whose consent not required.","body":"Consent to adoption of a child is not required from:\n(1) an individual whose parental relationship to the child has been judicially terminated for unfitness or has been determined not to exist or who has waived parental rights;\n(2) a parent who has been judicially declared incompetent;\n(3) an individual who has not been married to the mother of the child and who, after the conception of the child, executes a notarized statement denying paternity or a notarized statement acknowledging paternity and denying any interest in the child; or\n(4) the personal representative of a deceased parent's estate.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD","Part 3. Consent for Adoption"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0020/0420-0020-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:16Z","sha256":"91bad23a027237c3482402d5185fa1095ad4cba8d91168458908b9da0d52a469","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-301","next":"us-mt/42-2-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}