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TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 3. UPC – PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
Part 3. Formal Testacy and Appointment Proceedings
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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-302
(2021)

Formal testacy proceedings – nature – how and when commenced

(1) A formal testacy proceeding is litigation to determine whether a decedent left a valid will.

(2) A formal testacy proceeding may be commenced by an interested person filing a petition:

(a) as described in 72-3-301(1) in which the person requests that the court, after notice and hearing, enter an order probating a will;

(b) to set aside an informal probate of a will or to prevent informal probate of a will that is the subject of a pending application; or

(c) for an order that the decedent died intestate.

(3) A petition may seek formal probate of a will without regard to whether the will or a conflicting will has been informally probated.

(4) A formal testacy proceeding may but need not involve a request for appointment of a personal representative.

Official Annotations
History:
En. 91A-3-401 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974
R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-401(part)
Amd. Sec. 2327, Ch. 56, L. 2009 (HB 37 - Campbell, Margarett (D) HD 31)
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