Montana Code 42-4-101. Parties to direct parental placement adoption
42-4-101. Parties to direct parental placement adoption. A parent of a child may directly place the child for adoption with a specifically identified prospective adoptive parent who:
Terms Used In Montana Code 42-4-101
- Adoption: means the act of creating the legal relationship between parent and child when it does not exist genetically. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Adoptive parent: means an adult who has become the mother or father of a child through the legal process of adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Child: means any person under 18 years of age. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Parent: means the birth or adoptive mother or the birth, adoptive, or legal father whose parental rights have not been terminated. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Preplacement evaluation: means the home study process conducted by the department or a licensed child-placing agency that:
(a)assists a prospective adoptive parent or family to assess its own readiness to adopt; and
(b)assesses whether the prospective adoptive parent or family and home meet applicable standards. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(1)resides in Montana or in another state that allows direct parental placement;
(2)is known to and has been personally selected by the parent; and
(3)has previously obtained a favorable preplacement evaluation.