1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 5
  4. Part 2
  5. 25-5-202 Who may defend when spouse sued

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 5. PARTIES

Part 2. Capacity to Be a Party -- Joinder

Who May Defend When Spouse Sued

25-5-202. Who may defend when spouse sued. If a husband and wife are sued together, each spouse may defend for the spouse's own right, and if the other spouse fails to defend, the spouse who does choose to defend may defend for the other spouse's right also.

History: En. Sec. 8, p. 44, Bannack Stat.; re-en. Sec. 8, p. 136, L. 1867; re-en. Sec. 8, p. 28, Cod. Stat. 1871; amd. Sec. 8, p. 41, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 8, 1st Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 8, 1st Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 573, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 6480, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9070, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 371; re-en. Sec. 9070, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 49, Ch. 535, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 93-2804; amd. Sec. 401, Ch. 56, L. 2009.