72-3-202. Required contents of application. Every application for informal probate of a will or for informal appointment of a personal representative, other than a special, ancillary, or successor representative, must contain the following:
(1) a statement of the interest of the applicant;
(2) the name and date of death of the decedent, the decedent's age, and the county and state of the decedent's domicile at the time of death and the names and addresses of the spouse, children, heirs, and devisees and the ages of any who are minors so far as known or ascertainable with reasonable diligence by the applicant;
(3) if the decedent was not domiciled in the state at the time of death, a statement showing venue;
(4) a statement identifying and indicating the address of any personal representative of the decedent appointed in this state or elsewhere whose appointment has not been terminated;
(5) a statement indicating whether the applicant has received a demand for notice or is aware of any demand for notice of any probate or appointment proceeding concerning the decedent that may have been filed in this state or elsewhere; and
(6) that the time limit for informal probate or appointment as provided in this chapter has not expired either because 3 years or less have passed since the decedent's death, or, if more than 3 years from death have passed, circumstances as described by 72-3-122 have occurred authorizing tardy probate or appointment.
History: En. 91A-3-301 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-301(1); amd. Sec. 2319, Ch. 56, L. 2009; amd. Sec. 61, Ch. 313, L. 2019.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 3. Upc -- Probate and Administration
Part 2. Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings
72-3-201. Applications to be verified
72-3-202. Required contents of application
72-3-203. Probate and appointment under will -- additional information required
72-3-204. Appointment in intestacy -- additional information required
72-3-205. Application for appointment of successor personal representative
72-3-206. through 72-3-210 reserved
72-3-211. Informal probate -- notice requirements
72-3-212. Informal probate -- clerk to make findings
72-3-213. Rules for grant or denial of informal probate
72-3-214. Power of clerk to deny informal probate -- effect of denial
72-3-216. through 72-3-219 reserved
72-3-220. Nondomiciliary decedent -- will filed and not probated in domiciliary state
72-3-221. Informal appointment -- notice requirements
72-3-222. Informal appointment -- clerk to make findings
72-3-223. Rules for denial of informal appointment
72-3-224. Informal appointment -- power of clerk to deny -- effect of denial