40-4-255. Noncomplying disclosure declarations -- requests to comply -- remedies. - Montana Statutes

     40-4-255. Noncomplying disclosure declarations -- requests to comply -- remedies. (1) A party who has served on the other party a preliminary declaration of disclosure under 40-4-252 or a final declaration of disclosure under 40-4-253 and who has provided the information required in the declarations with sufficient particularity may, within a reasonable time, request from a noncomplying party preparation of the appropriate declaration of disclosure or further particularity in a declaration.
     (2) If a noncomplying party fails to comply with a request under subsection (1), the complying party may file either or both of the following:
     (a) a motion to compel a further response;
     (b) a motion for an order preventing the noncomplying party from presenting evidence on issues that should have been covered in the declaration of disclosure.
     (3) If a party fails to comply with any provision of 40-4-251 through 40-4-258, the court shall, in addition to any other remedy provided by law, order the noncomplying party to pay to the complying party any reasonable attorney fees or costs incurred, or both, unless the court finds that the noncomplying party acted with substantial justification or that other circumstances make the imposition of the sanction unjust.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 326, L. 1997.