Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT

Part 8. Medical Support Order Enforcement

Penalty Imposed By Tribunal

40-5-821. Penalty imposed by tribunal. (1) In addition to any other penalty provided by this part or other law, a tribunal, after a hearing, may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $25 for each day that a parent, health benefit plan, employer, union, or other payor is found to have knowingly violated a medical support order or a provision of or a rule adopted under this part.

(2) Imposition of a civil penalty under this section may be appealed if the tribunal is a court or may be reviewed under Title 2, chapter 4, part 7, if the tribunal is the department.

History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 504, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 187, Ch. 42, L. 1997.