{"data":{"id":"us-mt/53-21-140","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"53-21-140","heading":"Use of electronic audio-video communication.","body":"(1) A respondent's right to be present at a hearing, as provided in 53-21-115(2) and 53-21-116, is satisfied by:\n(a) the respondent's physical appearance before the court; or\n(b) in the discretion of the court, by electronic audio-video communication.\n(2) For purposes of this chapter:\n(a) electronic audio-video communication must allow all participants to be observed and heard simultaneously; and\n(b) a hearing that is conducted by the use of electronic audio-video communication, allowing all of the participants to be observed and heard simultaneously, is considered to be a hearing in open court.","path":["TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS","CHAPTER 21. MENTALLY ILL","Part 1. Treatment of the Seriously Mentally Ill"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0530/chapter_0210/part_0010/section_0400/0530-0210-0010-0400.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:24Z","sha256":"5482645ab73da4f8bd5455bd5f3d6b9050622919d7582dabc4de53b44f2cd044","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/53-21-139","next":"us-mt/53-21-141"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}