{"data":{"id":"us-mt/40-7-317","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"40-7-317","heading":"Costs and expenses.","body":"If the respondent is not the prevailing party, the court may assess against the respondent all direct expenses and costs incurred by the prosecutor and law enforcement officers under 40-7-315 or 40-7-316.","path":["TITLE 40. FAMILY LAW","CHAPTER 7. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT","Part 3. Enforcement"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0400/chapter_0070/part_0030/section_0170/0400-0070-0030-0170.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:01Z","sha256":"7ee28bcec77f8979cb80f34d5b3b326ecf3960e12a30d074859daebabda67b16","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/40-7-316","next":"us-mt/40-8-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}