{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-2-502","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-2-502","heading":"Expected child -- filing of petition indicating intent to release or consent to adoption.","body":"(1) A pregnant individual may file a petition with the court indicating the intention to place an expected child for adoption.\n(2) The petition must include the following information:\n(a) the individual's intent to release the expected child for adoption;\n(b) the approximate date and location of conception;\n(c) the expected date of delivery;\n(d) any information concerning the identity and whereabouts of any putative or presumed father of the expected child; and\n(e) in a situation in which there is a presumed father, the grounds upon which the individual relies in contending that the nonexistence of the father and child relationship can be established in an action brought under 40-6-107.\n(3) The petition may allege more than one putative or presumed father.\n(4) The petition must be signed by the petitioner and notarized.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD","Part 5. Involuntary Termination of Parental Rights"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0020/0420-0020-0050-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:16Z","sha256":"8a18fb7f4ade37aac9e1376fdbc69b2d5a67b18273005f62aa83b04f236e439b","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-501","next":"us-mt/42-2-503"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}