{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-6-217","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-6-217","heading":"Married person not bound for support of spouse's children by former marriage.","body":"A married person is not bound to support a spouse's children by a former marriage. However, if the person receives the spouse's children into the family and supports them, it is presumed that the person does so as a parent, and in that case, the children are not liable to the person for their support and the person is not liable to the children for their services.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 6. PARENT AND CHILD","Part 2. Obligations of Parents"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0060/part_0020/section_0170/0400-0060-0020-0170.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:59Z","sha256":"d04a8e75bc48f7b1b50dbee5da910e2e05018859e664f542f898ebeddacdae04","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-6-216","next":"us-mt/40-6-218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}