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Mont. Code Ann. § 40-6-214 (2026)

Duties Of Parents To Maintain Children

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  5. 40-6-214 Duties of parents to maintain children

TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW

CHAPTER 6. PARENT AND CHILD

Part 2. Obligations of Parents

Duties Of Parents To Maintain Children

40-6-214. Duties of parents to maintain children. It is the duty of the father and the mother of any poor person who is unable to provide self-maintenance by work to maintain that person to the extent of the parent's ability.

History: En. Sec. 293, Civ. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 3751, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 5843, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Civ. C. Sec. 206; Field Civ. C. Sec. 97; re-en. Sec. 5843, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 61-114; amd. Sec. 1584, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 213, L. 2021.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1988–2020 · leading case: North Pac. Ins. v. Stucky, 2014 MT 299 (Mont. 2014).
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North Pac. Ins. v. Stucky, 2014 MT 299 (Mont. 2014). · cites it 8× “For instance, our statutes require children and parents to support one another, where a child or parent becomes unable to provide for him or herself.”
In re Declaring M.W., 764 P.2d 1279 (Mont. 1988). · cites it 3× “Father continued to have the obligation of support, Section 40-6-211, MCA; he continued to have the right to obtain records regarding the child, Section 40-4-225, MCA; he continued to have the right to visit the child, Section 40-4-217, MCA, and the right to reciprocal support,…”
V.l-s. v. M.S., 2011 MT 313 (Mont. 2011). · cites it 13× “We *97 consider on appeal whether §40-6-214, MCA, grants authority for the District Court’s ruling.”
Vencor v. Gray, 2003 MT 24N (Mont. 2003). · cites it 21× “Park Place cites § 40-6-214, MCA, and § 40-6-301, MCA, in support of its argument.”
Matter of M.A.S & C.M.S., 2011 MT 313 (Mont. 2011). · cites it 9× “The court proceeded to consider § 40-6-214, MCA, which it held abrogated the common law and provided the court with authority to order a parent to support an adult child who is poor and unable to maintain himself, if the parent does not do so.”
Matter of MW, 764 P.2d 1279 (Mont. 1988). · cites it 2× “Father continued to have the obligation of support, § 40-6-211, MCA; he continued to have the right to obtain records regarding the child, § 40-4-225, MCA; he continued to have the right to visit the child, § 40-4-217, MCA, and the right to reciprocal support, § 40-6-214, MCA.…”
Matter of D.D., YINC, 2020 MT 126 (Mont. 2020). · cites it 2× ““A parent’s duty to support and maintain a child is not abrogated by the child’s abandoning the parent’s home or by any other voluntary act unless a court has determined the child to be an emancipated minor not in need of parental support.”
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