{"data":{"id":"us-mt/42-7-101","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"42-7-101","heading":"Fees related to placement for adoption by parent.","body":"(1) Reasonable adoption fees may be paid by the adoptive parent for the actual cost of services. The cost of services must relate to:\n(a) a petition for adoption;\n(b) placement of a child;\n(c) medical care or services, including cost-sharing amounts for medically necessary prenatal and postnatal outpatient mental health services;\n(d) prenatal care;\n(e) foster care;\n(f) a preplacement evaluation;\n(g) counseling related to providing information necessary to make an informed decision to voluntarily relinquish a child;\n(h) travel or temporary living costs for the birth mother;\n(i) legal fees incurred for services on behalf of the placing parent;\n(j) the reasonable costs incurred by a placing parent in a direct parental placement adoption to document the disclosures of medical and social history required by 42-3-101; and\n(k) other reasonable costs related to adoption that do not include education, vehicles, salary or wages, vacations, or permanent housing for the birth parent.\n(2) A birth parent or a provider of a service listed in subsection (1) may receive or accept a payment authorized by subsection (1). The payment may not be made contingent on the placement of a child for adoption or upon relinquishment of and consent to adoption of the child. If the adoption is not completed, a person who is authorized by subsection (1) to make a specific payment is not liable for that payment unless the person has agreed in a signed writing with a birth parent or a provider of a service to make the payment regardless of the outcome of the proceeding for adoption.","path":["TITLE 42. ADOPTION","CHAPTER 7. FEES AND PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES RELATED TO ADOPTION","Part 1. General Fees and Activities"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0420/chapter_0070/part_0010/section_0010/0420-0070-0010-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:19Z","sha256":"5b2d019931f065d194caba4a24b7900489e13f68ca53ff7c9b6bd847587000c3","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/42-6-109","next":"us-mt/42-7-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}