{
  "code": "US-MT",
  "name": "Montana",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "black_letter": "Montana is coded as lacking a clear informal/at-home AI donor non-parentage safe harbor—often because statutes are physician/clinic-oriented, limited to narrow marital AI schemes, or silent so biology defaults. Private agreements are weak substitutes for a statutory exemption. Clinic hybrid pathways, parentage orders, and adoption are the usual risk-reduction tools. NI is ordinary conception risk.",
  "ai_informal": "clinic_or_physician_required",
  "ni": "not_recognized",
  "physician_or_clinic_for_safe_harbor": "yes",
  "agreement_effect": "limited_or_unclear",
  "key_citations": [],
  "emerging_law_note": "Where public materials are thin, “Unknown” means no clear published safe harbor for informal arrangements—not that private donation is criminal. Further clarity often requires litigation or legislation.",
  "page": "/Pages/US/MT/mt.html",
  "region_group": "US",
  "status_badges": {
    "AI-Single": "Banned",
    "AI-Married": "Banned",
    "NI": "Banned",
    "Contract": "Unknown"
  }
}