{"data":{"id":"us-mt/25-40-109","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"25-40-109","heading":"Low-income parties.","body":"(1) The disqualification provision contained in 25-40-108(1) applies to a collaborative lawyer representing a party with or without a fee.\n(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:\n(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;\n(b) the collaborative law participation agreement so provides; and\n(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.","path":["TITLE 25. CIVIL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 40. ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION","Part 1. Uniform Collaborative Law Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0250/chapter_0400/part_0010/section_0090/0250-0400-0010-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:19Z","sha256":"880c3e311cffb54079a6cd9fc25ed596af363ffcd406d0cc9a33e788952011c7","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/25-40-108","next":"us-mt/25-40-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}