Montana § 40-5-1033 Costs And Fees

Montana Statutes

§ 40-5-1033 — Costs And Fees

Montana § 40-5-1033

Title 40FAMILY LAW

Ch. 5ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT

Part 10Uniform Interstate Family Support Act

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Bluebook

Mont. Code Ann. § 40-5-1033 (2026).

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40-5-1033 . Costs and fees.

(1)The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.

(2)If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney fees may be taxed as costs and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.

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40-5-1033 . Costs and fees. (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
(2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney fees may be taxed as costs and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.
(3) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under 40-5-1055 through 40-5-1070 , a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 27, Ch. 328, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 131, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 552, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 352, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 44, Ch. 174, L. 2015; Sec. 40-5-173 , MCA 2013; redes. 40-5-1033 by Sec. 71, Ch. 174, L. 2015.