Statutes > Montana Statutes > TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW > CHAPTER 6. PARENT AND CHILD > Part 2. Obligations of Parents > 40-6-235. Parent may relinquish services and custody of child.

40-6-235. Parent may relinquish services and custody of child.


     40-6-235. Parent may relinquish services and custody of child. The parent, whether solvent or insolvent, may relinquish to the child the right of controlling the child and receiving the child's earnings. Abandonment by the parent is presumptive evidence of relinquishment.

     History: En. Sec. 298, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3756, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5848, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 211; Field Civ. C. Sec. 102; re-en. Sec. 5848, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 61-119; amd. Sec. 1586, Ch. 56, L. 2009.