{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-4-202","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-4-202","heading":"Parties to department or agency placement.","body":"A parent of a child may relinquish the child for adoption to the department or a licensed child-placing agency. The department or agency shall agree in writing to accept the relinquishment of a placing parent as provided in 42-2-402 before the relinquishment is valid.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 4. PLACEMENTS FOR ADOPTION","Part 2. Placements by Department or Licensed Child-Placing Agency"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0040/part_0020/section_0020/0420-0040-0020-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:17Z","sha256":"5d7ada5525447978cffd2d088608dc95d288a03ddce5dfddb31a49a3bb9d408f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-4-201","next":"us-mt/42-4-203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}