{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-5-805","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-5-805","heading":"Establishing medical support orders.","body":"(1) In an action or proceeding to establish a child support order, whether temporary or final, or to modify an existing child support order, the tribunal shall also establish a medical support order. In establishing a medical support order, a tribunal shall consider:\n(a) the best interests of the child;\n(b) the child's present and anticipated needs for medical care;\n(c) the financial ability of the parents to pay for individual insurance or a health benefit plan; and\n(d) the extent to which an available health benefit plan or individual insurance coverage is subsidized or reduced in cost by an employer or by participation in a plan on a group basis.\n(2) Except as otherwise provided in this part, a tribunal may not consider a child's eligibility for a public assistance program as a factor in determining a parent's financial ability to afford individual insurance or a health benefit plan.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT","Part 8. Medical Support Order Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0050/part_0080/section_0050/0400-0050-0080-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:56Z","sha256":"4aeaf962d65609b699a85f6b0293e1ac975e4212c4bfdf986e19cf1a2e86530e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-5-804","next":"us-mt/40-5-806"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}