1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 40
  3. CHAPTER 2
  4. Part 3
  5. 40-2-303 Alteration of legal relation by contract -- separation agreement

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 2. HUSBAND AND WIFE

Part 3. Power of Married Persons to Contract

Alteration Of Legal Relation By Contract -- Separation Agreement

40-2-303. Alteration of legal relation by contract -- separation agreement. A husband and wife cannot by any contract with each other alter their legal relation, except as to property and except that they may agree, in writing, to an immediate separation and may make provision for the support of either of them and of their children during such separation.

History: En. Sec. 215, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3695, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5787, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 159; Based on Field Civ. C. Sec. 80; re-en. Sec. 5787, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 36-106.