Montana's General Adoption Statutes
Montana
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: §§ 42-3-101, 42-3-202
- • Department of Public Health and Human Services
- • Child placement agency
- • Social worker
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Not addressed in statutes reviewed;
generally, health, genetic, and social history
Contents of Report About Birth Parents
Statute: § 42-3-101
- • Medical and social history
- • Tribal affiliation, if applicable
Contents of Report About Adoptive
Parents Statute: §§ 43-3-203, 42-2-204
- • Criminal background check
- • Child abuse and neglect check
- • Medical and social history, and current health
- • Parenting skills
- • Marital status
- • Age, nationality
- • Financial situation
- • Awareness of adoption issues such as
cross-cultural adoption
© This information is from the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse.
If you are an adoption professional and have updated information for this portion of our site let us know by contacting us at 1-800-ADOPTION or e-mail us at editors@americanadoptions.com.
American Adoptions, Inc. provides this information as a courtesy and is in no way responsible for its content or accuracy.
