40-5-808. Persistence and duration of obligation. (1) A parent's obligation to provide for medical care of a child ceases only when the parental obligation to support a child terminates under law.
(2) The obligations to provide medical care for a child, provide financial child support, and provide or comply with visitation and custody arrangements are independent of each other, and the failure or inability to provide one or more does not reduce one of the others.
(3) A guardian or caretaker who is not the child's father or mother may not be compelled to support the child or be held liable for the child's expenses, except to the extent that the guardian or caretaker has voluntarily agreed in writing to assume the responsibility.
History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 504, L. 1995.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 5. Enforcement of Support
Part 8. Medical Support Order Enforcement
40-5-805. Establishing medical support orders
40-5-806. Contents of medical support order
40-5-807. Mandatory provisions of medical support order
40-5-808. Persistence and duration of obligation
40-5-809. Effect of order on health benefit plans
40-5-811. Authorization to cure nonpayment of health benefit plan premium
40-5-812. Obligations of health benefit plan
40-5-814. Obtaining information
40-5-817. Adopted children -- preexisting conditions
40-5-818. Nonexclusion -- nondiscrimination by health benefit plan
40-5-819. Medical assistance eligibility
40-5-820. Void health benefit plans
40-5-821. Penalty imposed by tribunal
40-5-822. Duties of parents -- consequences of noncompliance
40-5-823. Health coverage -- notice of intent to purchase