{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-4-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-4-101","heading":"Parties to direct parental placement adoption.","body":"A parent of a child may directly place the child for adoption with a specifically identified prospective adoptive parent who:\n(1) resides in Montana or in another state that allows direct parental placement;\n(2) is known to and has been personally selected by the parent; and\n(3) has previously obtained a favorable preplacement evaluation.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 4. PLACEMENTS FOR ADOPTION","Part 1. Direct Parental Placements"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0040/part_0010/section_0010/0420-0040-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:17Z","sha256":"5b932fd7d37fdee4ee66dccecc06321e0dda98766f70cc6506d9d99a2dd5f9e0","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-3-301","next":"us-mt/42-4-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}