Records and papers in proceedings under this part shall be maintained separately by the clerks of the several courts. Five days prior to the release of a respondent or patient committed to a mental health facility, the facility shall notify the clerk of the court, and the clerk shall immediately seal the record in the case and omit the name of the respondent or patient from the index or indexes of cases in the court unless the court orders the record opened for good cause shown.
Mont. Code Ann. § 53-21-103
Court records to be kept separate
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case People in re T.T (2017)
Most recently applied in People in re T.T (October 2017)
En. 38-1309 by Sec. 9, Ch. 466, L. 1975; amd
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