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Mont. Code Ann. § 25-40-109

Low-income parties

Known as the Uniform Collaborative Law Act

The act spans §§ 25–25 (21 sections).

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(1) The disqualification provision contained in 25-40-108 (1) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party with or without a fee.

(2) After a collaborative law process concludes, another lawyer in a law firm with which a collaborative lawyer disqualified under 25-40-108 (1) is associated may represent a party without a fee in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter if:

(a) the party has an annual income that qualifies the party for free legal representation under the criteria established by the law firm for free legal representation;

(b) the collaborative law participation agreement so provides; and

(c) the collaborative lawyer is isolated from any participation in the collaborative matter or a matter related to the collaborative matter through procedures within the law firm that are reasonably calculated to isolate the collaborative lawyer from such participation.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.