{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-2-601","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-2-601","heading":"Venue.","body":"Proceedings to terminate parental rights may be filed in the court in the county in which a petitioner resides, the child resides, or an office of the agency that is placing the child is located.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 2. ADOPTION OF CHILD","Part 6. Petition to Terminate Parental Rights"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0020/part_0060/section_0010/0420-0020-0060-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:16Z","sha256":"f0017946a7bbabccaf1a8353ae57fee5e8ba8bb0ead6c75cb0a2b99f9ad3f782","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-503","next":"us-mt/42-2-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}