Montana Code 42-2-222. Failure of agency to post notice
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42-2-222. Failure of agency to post notice. Failure of an agency to post a proper notice under 42-2-214 does not relieve a putative father of the obligation to register with the department in accordance with the putative father registry in order to entitle the putative father, because of registration, to notice of proceedings involving a child who may have been fathered by the putative father.
Terms Used In Montana Code 42-2-222
- 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
- Department: means the department of public health and human services, provided for in 2-15-2201. See Montana Code 42-1-103
- 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.
- 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
- Registry: means the putative father registry established under 42-2-202. See Montana Code 42-2-201