{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-2-303","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-2-303","heading":"Alteration of legal relation by contract -- separation agreement.","body":"A husband and wife cannot by any contract with each other alter their legal relation, except as to property and except that they may agree, in writing, to an immediate separation and may make provision for the support of either of them and of their children during such separation.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 2. HUSBAND AND WIFE","Part 3. Power of Married Persons to Contract"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0020/part_0030/section_0030/0400-0020-0030-0030.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:48Z","sha256":"ca6a7ef80441602b5cb0e16e2c3f790877a4e7c9a29ac62b0dee7400c13c1e57","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-2-302","next":"us-mt/40-2-304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}