{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-3-201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-3-201","heading":"Preplacement evaluation -- timing.","body":"(1) A child may not be placed for purposes of adoption unless the person with whom a child is proposed to be placed has had a preplacement evaluation completed to determine fitness and readiness as an adoptive parent.\n(2) In a direct parental placement adoption, the placing parent must be provided with a copy of the preplacement evaluation prior to execution of a relinquishment and consent to adoption of the child.\n(3) The required preplacement evaluation must provide all pertinent information pertaining to the topics identified in 42-3-203.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 3. REQUIREMENTS OF PARTIES IN ADOPTION","Part 2. Requirements of Prospective Adoptive Parents"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0030/part_0020/section_0010/0420-0030-0020-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:17Z","sha256":"53fff54d425e469493ee881e1d1071e33e0a9d818a533bf0ad70d9f7b75c8c7d","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-3-102","next":"us-mt/42-3-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}