{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-3-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-3-101","heading":"Duty to disclose information -- form -- availability -- filing.","body":"(1) Except for an adoption proceeding by a stepparent, in any adoption under this title, a birth parent, the department, or an agency shall provide a prospective adoptive parent with social and medical histories of the birth families, including tribal affiliation, if applicable.\n(2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the birth family social and medical histories must be completed on a form provided by the department and filed with the court when the adoption petition is filed.\n(3) The department shall make a form available to agencies and court administrators for public distribution.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 3. REQUIREMENTS OF PARTIES IN ADOPTION","Part 1. Duty of Placing Party to Disclose Information"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0030/part_0010/section_0010/0420-0030-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:17Z","sha256":"8c32a8de99b86ef9689cb070b839edac798dbc3c5cbf6b102d87e7e7ce603eea","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-2-620","next":"us-mt/42-3-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}