40-4-134. Final judgment as final adjudication of rights and obligations. Except as provided in 40-4-135, entry of final judgment constitutes a final adjudication of the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the status of the marriage and property rights and constitutes a waiver of their respective rights to maintenance, rights to appeal the terms of the dissolution, and rights to a new trial.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 795, L. 1991.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 4. Termination of Marriage, Child Custody, Support
Part 1. Separation -- Dissolution of Marriage
40-4-102. Uniformity of application and construction
40-4-103. Application of Montana Rules of Civil Procedure
40-4-104. Dissolution of marriage -- legal separation
40-4-105. Procedure -- commencement -- pleadings -- abolition of existing defenses
40-4-107. Irretrievable breakdown
40-4-109. Independence of provisions of decree or temporary order
40-4-110. Costs -- professional fees
40-4-111. through 40-4-120 reserved
40-4-122. Forms -- distribution -- filing
40-4-123. Jurisdiction and venue
40-4-124. Review or removal -- district court
40-4-125. Registration of orders
40-4-126. Automatic economic restraining order
40-4-127. through 40-4-129 reserved
40-4-130. Summary dissolution -- conditions necessary at commencement of proceedings
40-4-131. Joint petition -- filing -- form -- contents
40-4-132. Revocation of joint petition -- termination of proceeding -- notice -- copy to other party
40-4-133. Hearing and final judgment -- entry -- effect
40-4-134. Final judgment as final adjudication of rights and obligations
40-4-135. Actions to set aside final judgment
40-4-136. Brochure to describe proceedings -- availability -- distribution -- contents and form