1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 72
  3. CHAPTER 15
  4. Part 1
  5. 72-15-110 Refusal to be examined -- civil contempt

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR

Part 1. Powers and Duties in Acquisition of Estates

Refusal To Be Examined -- Civil Contempt

72-15-110. Refusal to be examined -- civil contempt. All interrogatories and answers must be reduced to writing and signed by the party examined and filed in the court. If the person cited refuses to appear and submit to the examination or to answer the interrogatories as may be put to the party touching the matter of the complaint, the court or judge may commit the party to the county jail until the party submits to the order of the court or judge.

History: En. Sec. 341, p. 328, L. 1877; re-en. Sec. 341, 2nd Div. Rev. Stat. 1879; re-en. Sec. 341, 2nd Div. Comp. Stat. 1887; re-en. Sec. 4518, Pol. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3081, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 9998, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. C. Civ. Proc. Sec. 1734; re-en. Sec. 9998, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 91-609; amd. Sec. 2457, Ch. 56, L. 2009.