Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 35. CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

CHAPTER 12. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS

Part 14. Derivative Actions

Proceeds And Expenses

35-12-1404. Proceeds and expenses. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2):

(a) any proceeds or other benefits of a derivative action, whether by judgment, compromise, or settlement, belong to the limited partnership and not to the derivative plaintiff;

(b) if the derivative plaintiff receives any proceeds, the derivative plaintiff shall immediately remit them to the limited partnership.

(2) If a derivative action is successful in whole or in part, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, from the recovery of the limited partnership.

History: En. Sec. 62, Ch. 522, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1314, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 216, L. 2011.