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TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS
CHAPTER 3. UPC – PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION
Part 5. Personal Representative Appointment Priorities, Bond, and Termination
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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-502

Priorities for appointment

Whether the proceedings are formal or informal, persons who are not disqualified have priority for appointment in the following order:

(1) the person with priority as determined by a probated will, including a person nominated by a power conferred in a will;

(2) the surviving spouse of the decedent who is a devisee of the decedent;

(3) the custodial parent of a minor decedent;

(4) other devisees of the decedent;

(5) the surviving spouse of the decedent;

(6) the parent of an adult decedent who was survived by issue, none of whom is an adult;

(7) other heirs of the decedent;

(8) public administrator;

(9) 45 days after the death of the decedent, any creditor.

Official Annotations
History:
En. 91A-3-203 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 223, L. 1977
R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-203(1)
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 219, L. 1989
Amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 313, L. 2019 (SB 225 - Fitzpatrick, Steve (R) SD 10)
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