1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 25
  3. CHAPTER 15
  4. Part 2
  5. 25-15-202 Effect of discharge -- right of contribution

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 15. LIABILITY OF JOINT DEBTORS

Part 2. Discharge of Joint Debtor

Effect Of Discharge -- Right Of Contribution

25-15-202. Effect of discharge -- right of contribution. Except as provided in 27-1-703, the discharge of a joint debtor operates as a payment to the creditor equal to the proportionate interest of the debtor discharged, but the discharge of the debtor does not prevent the codebtors from enforcing the right of contribution if they are compelled to pay the whole of the debt.

History: En. Sec. 1787, C. Civ. Proc. 1895; re-en. Sec. 7136, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9769, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 9769, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-8108; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 253, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 493, Ch. 56, L. 2009.