Montana Code 42-4-202. Parties to department or agency placement
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42-4-202. Parties to department or agency placement. 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.
Terms Used In Montana Code 42-4-202
- 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
- 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: means any person under 18 years of age. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Department: means the department of public health and human services, provided for in 2-15-2201. 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
- Placing parent: means a parent who is voluntarily making a child available for adoption. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Relinquishment: means the informed and voluntary release in writing of all parental rights with respect to a child by a parent to an agency or individual. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203