42-2-302. Persons whose consent not required. Consent to adoption of a child is not required from: (1) an individual whose parental relationship to the child has been judicially terminated for unfitness or has been determined not to exist or who has waived parental rights; (2) a parent who has been judicially declared incompetent; (3) an individual who has not been married to the mother of the child and who, after the conception of the child, executes a notarized statement denying paternity or a notarized statement acknowledging paternity and denying any interest in the child; or (4) the personal representative of a deceased parent's estate. History: En. Sec. 40, Ch. 480, L. 1997.
Montana Legal Code
§ 42-2-302
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