§ 42-2-201 Definitions
§ 42-2-202 Putative father registry
§ 42-2-203 Purpose of registry
§ 42-2-204 Presumed knowledge of pregnancy — duty to register to be afforded notice — putative and presumed fathers
§ 42-2-205 Registration
§ 42-2-206 When putative father to register — actual knowledge of pregnancy not required
§ 42-2-207 How registration submitted
§ 42-2-208 Burden of putative father to preserve rights upon receipt of notice
§ 42-2-209 Presumption created — admissibility in other proceedings
§ 42-2-214 Duties of department
§ 42-2-215 Information maintained in registry
§ 42-2-216 Storage of data
§ 42-2-217 Registry search — request — affidavit
§ 42-2-218 Duties of department upon receipt of request
§ 42-2-222 Failure of agency to post notice
§ 42-2-223 Revocation of registration
§ 42-2-224 Certified copy of registration form to be furnished upon request
§ 42-2-225 Information confidential
§ 42-2-226 Registration of false information — criminal and civil penalties
§ 42-2-230 Responsibility of each party to protect interests — putative fathers — fraud no defense
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Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 42 > Chapter 2 > Part 2 - Putative Father Registration

  • 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
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affidavit: means a sworn written declaration made before an officer authorized to administer oaths or an unsworn written declaration made under penalty of perjury as provided in 1-6-105. See Montana Code 1-1-203
  • Agency: means a child placement agency licensed by the state of Montana pursuant to Title 52, chapter 8, that is expressly empowered to place children preliminary to a possible adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
  • Child: includes an unborn child. See Montana Code 42-2-201
  • Court: means a court of record in a competent jurisdiction and in Montana means a district court or a tribal court. See Montana Code 42-1-103
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the department of public health and human services, provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 42-1-103
  • Direct parental placement adoption: means an adoption in which the parent of the child places the child with a prospective adoptive parent personally known and selected by the parent independent of an agency. See Montana Code 42-1-103
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Knowingly: means only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code. See Montana Code 1-1-204
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Putative father: means an individual who may be a child's birth father but who:

    (i)is not married to the child's mother on or before the date that the child is born; or

    (ii)has not established paternity of the child prior to the filing of a petition for termination of parental rights to the child for purposes of adoption. See Montana Code 42-2-201

  • Records: means all documents, exhibits, and data pertaining to an adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
  • Registry: means the putative father registry established under 42-2-202. See Montana Code 42-2-201
  • Sex: means the organization of the body parts and gametes for reproduction in human beings and other organisms. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • 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
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203