Statutes: 42-2-201 et seq.


Obtain forms from either the Department of Public Health and Human Services (see address below), the clerk of the district court office, or the local health department. Or you may simply print or type on a plain piece of paper the following information:

• Your full legal name;
  
• Social Security Number;
  
• Birth date;
  
• If you are Indian, the tribe(s) with which you are affiliated;
  
• Address at which you want legal notices to be sent;
  
• If above address is not your address, name of the person at this address to whom the notice should be sent;
  
• Legal name of the mother of the child;
  
• Any other names she may use;
  
• Her Social Security Number, if known;
  
• Her birth date, if known;
  
• Her address, if known;
  
• Child's name, if known;
  
• Location (City/State) of child's birth, if known; and
  
• Location (City/State) and date of possible conception of child

See:
www.dphhs.state.mt.us/services/applications_forms/putative_father_registry.htm

Mail, fax, or deliver the registration information to:

Bureau of Vital Statistics
Department of Public Health and Human Services
111 N. Sanders, Room 205
Helena, MT 59620
Fax: (406) 444-1803
Tel: (406) 444-4228

The form must be received no later than 72 hours after the child's birth. Actual knowledge of the pregnancy or birth is not required to file a form with the registry.

Notarization required.

Cost: None indicated

Researched and Prepared by

Erik L. Smith