States: Montana

Access: Restricted

Sealed: 1973

Those adopted 30 or more years ago: OBC available upon written request unless a birthparent has requested that a court order be required to release it;
Those adopted less than 30 years ago but before October 1, 1997: OBC available only by court order;
Those adopted on or after October 1, 1997: OBC available upon written request if adoptee is at least 18 years of age, subject to disclosure veto, then otherwise only available by court order
Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state and about current OBC access.

Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)