{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-2-417","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-2-417","heading":"Grounds for court to set aside relinquishment and consent.","body":"(1) The court shall set aside a relinquishment and consent to adopt if the individual who executed the relinquishment and consent establishes:\n(a) by clear and convincing evidence, before a decree of adoption is issued, that the consent was obtained by fraud or duress; or\n(b) by a preponderance of the evidence, that a condition permitting revocation has occurred, as expressly provided for in 42-2-411.\n(2) A verbatim record of testimony must be made.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD","Part 4. Voluntary Relinquishment and Consent to Adopt"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0020/part_0040/section_0170/0420-0020-0040-0170.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:16Z","sha256":"57297b85cbcf7c52c85607df9b042aa9774d593c4f67feb222c8808429d0954f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-415","next":"us-mt/42-2-418"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}