Need For Finality -- Balancing Of Interests

Mont. Code Ann. § 42-1-109, under Adoption Policy and Procedures.

Mont. Code Ann. § 42-1-109

Finality is necessary in order to facilitate the state's compelling interest. The legislature finds that the interests of the child outweigh the interests of the state, the mother, the adoptive parents, and a birth father who is not married to the child's mother.