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Code · Montana · Title 42 — Adoption · Chapter 5 · Part 2

42-5-201. Communication of decree to department.

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42-5-201 . Communication of decree to department.
(1)Within 30 days after a decree of adoption becomes final, the clerk of court shall send a report of the adoption to the department.
(2)If petitioners have requested it, the court shall order the vital statistics bureau to issue a new birth certificate to the child.
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