If the following opinion, which has limited genealogy research in Montana, concerns you, please contact Joe Mazurek, the Montana Attorney General, at this address, and pass this along to any list you may subscribe to. Office of the Attorney General, Justice Building, 215 North Sanders, Helena, Montana, 59620-1401. 48-010 1. Subject to the provisions of Mont. Code Ann. §§ 50-15-121 and -122, applications for marriage licenses should be treated as confidential records once they have been completed and filed with the clerk of the district court. 2. Once a marriage has been reported to the Department of Public Health and Human Services on the form prescribed by the Department, the Department or the clerk of the district court may disclose to the public the names of the bride and groom, the date and place of the marriage, the name of the officiant and whether the ceremony was religious or civil. 3. The clerk of court may not divulge or provide copies of applications for marriage licenses under Mont. Code Ann. § 50-15-121(1) unless the requestor is the applicant, the applicant's spouse, child, parent, or guardian, or an authorized representative. For purposes of this statute, "authorized representative" has the meaning provided in Mont. Code Ann. § 50-5-1103(2). Issued: 3/23/00