{"data":{"id":"us-mt/3-1-603","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"3-1-603","heading":"Judicial officer of court of record not to have partner practicing law.","body":"(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a judicial officer of a court of record may not have a partner acting as attorney or counsel in any court of this state.\n(2) A partner of either a municipal court judge or a judge pro tempore may act as attorney or counsel in any court of this state except the court of the partner who is a judicial officer.","path":["TITLE 3. JUDICIARY, COURTS","CHAPTER 1. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS GENERALLY","Part 6. Restrictions on Judicial Officers"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0030/chapter_0010/part_0060/section_0030/0030-0010-0060-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:43:28Z","sha256":"a1ab833bb8037822645b9fdde4c325ecdcdba69b323b16e87fdf9b285cad27cd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/3-1-602","next":"us-mt/3-1-604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}