72-38-216. Request for special notice. (1) If proceedings involving a trust are pending, a beneficiary of the trust may, in person or by attorney, serve on the trustee or the trustee's attorney and file with the court clerk where the proceedings are pending a written request stating that the beneficiary desires special notice of the filing of all pleadings in the proceeding relating to any or all of the purposes described in 72-38-213 and giving an address for receiving notice by mail. Proof of service of the request on the trustee must be filed with the court clerk when the request is filed.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), after serving and filing a request and proof of service pursuant to subsection (1), the beneficiary is entitled to notice pursuant to 72-38-209.
(3) A request for special notice made by a beneficiary whose right to notice is restricted by 72-38-603 is not effective.
History: En. Sec. 39, Ch. 264, L. 2013.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 38. Montana Uniform Trust Code
72-38-201. Subject matter jurisdiction
72-38-203. Jurisdiction over trustees and beneficiaries
72-38-204. Basis of jurisdiction over trust, trust property, and trust parties
72-38-206. Rules of procedure in trust proceedings
72-38-209. Notice -- method and time of giving
72-38-211. Pleadings -- when orders or notice binding one binds another -- representation
72-38-213. Petitioners -- grounds for petition
72-38-214. Commencement of proceedings
72-38-215. Dismissal of petition
72-38-216. Request for special notice
72-38-217. Request for copy of petition
72-38-218. Authority to make necessary orders -- temporary trustee
72-38-220. Intermittent judicial intervention in trust administration
72-38-221. Enforcement of beneficiary's rights under charitable trust by attorney general