Links to State and Tribal Child Welfare Law and Policy - Montana

STATUTES

Website: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/index.html

Citations:

• Adoption: title 42
• Child protection: title 41, chapter 3, parts 1–4
• Child welfare: title 40, chapter 6, parts 4–7; title 41, chapters 4, 7; title 52, chapter 2
• Guardianship: title 41, chapter 3 (§ 41-3-444); title 72, chapter 5, part 2
• Youth services: title 52, chapter 2, part 6
• Indian child welfare: title 41, chapter 3, part 13, Montana Indian Child Welfare Act; §§ 40-7-135, 41-3-109, 42-2,102, 52-2-117

REGULATION/ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Website: https://rules.mt.gov/

Notes:

Select Administrative Rules of Montana. See title 37, chapters 47–52, 93, and 97.

For Foster Care Services and Guardianship Services, see chapter 37.50, subchapter 11.

AGENCY POLICIES

Website: https://dphhs.mt.gov/assets/cfsd/cfsdmanual/CFSDPolicyandProcedureLinks.pdf

OTHER RESOURCES

Tribal codes:

• Blackfeet Tribe, Tribal Law and Order Code
• Chippewa Cree, Codes
• Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Codes
• Crow, Law and Order Code
• Fort Belknap Indian Community, Tribal Code
• Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Comprehensive Code of Justice
• Northern Cheyenne, Law and Order Code

Montana Court Rules