Montana Code Annotated
Title 40. Family Law
Chapter 2. Husband and Wife

Part 1. Joint Interests, Obligations, and Powers

40-2-101. Mutual obligations of husband and wife - 40-2-101. Mutual obligations of husband and wife. Husband and wife...

40-2-102. Duties of husband and wife as to support - 40-2-102. Duties of husband and wife as to support. Insofar...

40-2-103. Support of spouse - 40-2-103. Support of spouse. If a married person who is...

40-2-104. Liability of married person when abandoned by spouse - 40-2-104. Liability of married person when abandoned by spouse. A...

40-2-105. Husband and wife as joint tenants - 40-2-105. Husband and wife as joint tenants. A husband and...

40-2-106. Liability for acts or debts of spouse - 40-2-106. Liability for acts or debts of spouse. (1) A...

40-2-107. May sue and be sued - 40-2-107. May sue and be sued. A married person may...

40-2-108. Married person as personal representative, guardian, conservator, or trustee - 40-2-108. Married person as personal representative, guardian, conservator, or trustee....

40-2-109. Right of person to sue spouse for intentional tort - 40-2-109. Right of person to sue spouse for intentional tort....

Part 2. Individual Property

40-2-201. When husband's and wife's interests separate - 40-2-201. When husband's and wife's interests separate. Neither husband nor...

40-2-202. Individual property of married person - 40-2-202. Individual property of married person. All the property of...

40-2-203. Inventory of individual personal property of married person - 40-2-203. Inventory of individual personal property of married person. A...

40-2-204. Effect of filing inventory - 40-2-204. Effect of filing inventory. The filing of the inventory...

40-2-205. Earnings and accumulations of married person - 40-2-205. Earnings and accumulations of married person. The earnings and...

40-2-206. Earnings and accumulations -- when separated - 40-2-206. Earnings and accumulations -- when separated. The earnings and...

40-2-207. Work and labor of married person - 40-2-207. Work and labor of married person. All work and...

40-2-208. Debts of spouse contracted before marriage - 40-2-208. Debts of spouse contracted before marriage. The property of...

40-2-209. Individual property of married person -- how far liable - 40-2-209. Individual property of married person -- how far liable....

40-2-210. Necessity determined by standard of living - 40-2-210. Necessity determined by standard of living. For purposes of...

Part 3. Power of Married Persons to Contract

40-2-301. Husband and wife may contract - 40-2-301. Husband and wife may contract. Either husband or wife...

40-2-302. Liability of spouse - 40-2-302. Liability of spouse. The contracts made by a married...

40-2-303. Alteration of legal relation by contract -- separation agreement - 40-2-303. Alteration of legal relation by contract -- separation agreement....

40-2-304. Consideration for separation - 40-2-304. Consideration for separation. The mutual consent of the parties...

40-2-305. through 40-2-310 reserved - 40-2-305 through 40-2-310 reserved.

40-2-311. Rights of husband and wife -- how governed - 40-2-311. Rights of husband and wife -- how governed. The...

40-2-312. Marriage settlement contracts -- how executed - 40-2-312. Marriage settlement contracts -- how executed. Except as provided...

40-2-313. Repealed - 40-2-313. Repealed. Sec. 14, Ch. 189, L. 1987. History: En....

40-2-314. Effect of recording - 40-2-314. Effect of recording. Except as provided in part 6...

40-2-315. Marriage settlement by minors - 40-2-315. Marriage settlement by minors. A minor capable of contracting...

Part 4. Battered Spouses Grant Programs (Renumbered)

40-2-401. Renumbered 52-6-101 - 40-2-401. Renumbered 52-6-101. Code Commissioner, 1991.

40-2-402. Renumbered 52-6-102 - 40-2-402. Renumbered 52-6-102. Code Commissioner, 1991.

40-2-403. Renumbered 52-6-103 - 40-2-403. Renumbered 52-6-103. Code Commissioner, 1991.

40-2-404. Renumbered 52-6-104 - 40-2-404. Renumbered 52-6-104. Code Commissioner, 1991.

40-2-405. Renumbered 52-6-105 - 40-2-405. Renumbered 52-6-105. Code Commissioner, 1991.

Part 6. Uniform Premarital Agreement Act

40-2-601. Short title - 40-2-601. Short title. This part may be cited as the...

40-2-602. Application and construction - 40-2-602. Application and construction. This part must be applied and...

40-2-603. Definitions - 40-2-603. Definitions. As used in this part, the following definitions...

40-2-604. Formalities - 40-2-604. Formalities. A premarital agreement must be in writing and...

40-2-605. Content - 40-2-605. Content. (1) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract...

40-2-606. When agreement becomes effective - 40-2-606. When agreement becomes effective. A premarital agreement becomes effective...

40-2-607. Amendment -- revocation - 40-2-607. Amendment -- revocation. After marriage, a premarital agreement may...

40-2-608. Enforcement - 40-2-608. Enforcement. (1) A premarital agreement is not enforceable if...

40-2-609. Enforcement when marriage void - 40-2-609. Enforcement when marriage void. If a marriage is declared...

40-2-610. Limitation of actions - 40-2-610. Limitation of actions. Any statute of limitations applicable to...