72-3-312. Effect of final order in another state. A final order of a court of another state determining testacy, the validity or construction of a will, made in a proceeding involving notice to and an opportunity for contest by all interested persons must be accepted as determinative by the courts of this state if it includes or is based upon a finding that the decedent was domiciled at the decedent's death in the state where the order was made.
History: En. 91A-3-408 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-408; amd. Sec. 2331, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 3. Upc -- Probate and Administration
Part 3. Formal Testacy and Appointment Proceedings
72-3-301. Petition for formal testacy or appointment -- contents -- last will
72-3-302. Formal testacy proceedings -- nature -- how and when commenced
72-3-303. Formal proceeding supersedes all informal applications
72-3-304. Effect of formal proceeding on power of informally appointed personal representative
72-3-305. Notice of hearing on petition for formal testacy proceeding
72-3-306. Notice and procedure when fact of death in doubt
72-3-307. Hearings and proof in uncontested cases
72-3-308. Written objections to probate
72-3-310. Burdens in contested cases
72-3-311. Priority of determinations in contested cases
72-3-312. Effect of final order in another state
72-3-313. Order for formal probate
72-3-314. Probate of more than one instrument -- order
72-3-315. Order of partial intestacy
72-3-316. Will from place where probate unprovided for
72-3-318. Modification or vacation for other cause
72-3-319. Formal appointment proceedings
72-3-320. Nondomiciliary decedent -- will filed and not probated in domiciliary state