{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-29-104","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-29-104","heading":"Who must be parties -- permissible plaintiffs.","body":"(1) The following must be parties to an action for partition:\n(a) every person having an undivided share, in possession or otherwise, in the property as tenant in fee, for life, or for years;\n(b) every person entitled to the reversion, remainder, or inheritance of an undivided share, after the determination of a particular estate therein;\n(c) every person who by any contingency contained in a devise or grant or otherwise is or may become entitled to a beneficial interest in an undivided share thereof;\n(d) every person having an inchoate right of dower in an undivided share in the property; and\n(e) every person having a right of dower in the property or any part thereof which has not been admeasured.\n(2) But no person other than a joint tenant or a tenant in common of the property shall be a plaintiff in the action.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 29. PARTITION OF REAL PROPERTY","Part 1. Preliminary Procedure"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0290/part_0010/section_0040/0700-0290-0010-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:45Z","sha256":"c6602993dd1021b37cbf5bb5ef77fc8b9117ac588a61ff51c7ea89a51d9c518e","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-29-103","next":"us-mt/70-29-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}