72-5-401. Original petition for appointment or protective order -- who may petition. The person to be protected, any person who is interested in that person's estate, affairs, or welfare, including that person's parent, guardian, or custodian, or any person who would be adversely affected by lack of effective management of the property and affairs of the person to be protected may petition for the appointment of a conservator or for other appropriate protective order.
History: En. 91A-5-404 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-5-404(1); amd. Sec. 2409, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 72. Estates, Trusts, and Fiduciary Relationships
Chapter 5. Upc -- Persons Under Disability Guardianship and Conservatorship
Part 4. Protection of Property of Minors and Persons Under Disability
72-5-401. Original petition for appointment or protective order -- who may petition
72-5-402. Contents of petition
72-5-404. Request for notice -- interested person
72-5-405. Exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of particular court after petition and notice
72-5-406. Consent to jurisdiction by acceptance of appointment as conservator
72-5-408. Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition
72-5-409. Cause for appointment of conservator or issuance of protective order
72-5-410. Who may be appointed conservator -- priorities
72-5-411. Bond -- court may require -- amount
72-5-412. Terms and requirements of bond
72-5-413. Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment -- interested persons
72-5-414. Resignation or removal of conservator for cause -- successor conservator
72-5-415. Public administrator as conservator when no other appropriate person
72-5-416. through 72-5-420 reserved
72-5-423. Fiduciary duty of conservator
72-5-424. Inventory and records
72-5-425. Title by appointment as conservator -- appointment not transfer for certain purposes
72-5-426. Letters as evidence of transfer of assets -- recording
72-5-427. Powers of conservator in administration
72-5-428. Distributive powers and duties of conservator generally
72-5-430. Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator by court
72-5-431. Preservation of estate plan -- right to inspect will
72-5-432. Compensation and expenses
72-5-433. Claims against protected person -- presentment, allowance, and payment -- priorities
72-5-434. Transaction involving conflict of interest -- voidable -- exceptions
72-5-435. Persons dealing with conservator -- protection
72-5-436. Claims arising during conservatorship -- individual liability of conservator
72-5-437. Termination of conservatorship
72-5-438. Accounts -- final and intermediate
72-5-439. Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings
72-5-440. through 72-5-443 reserved
72-5-444. Petition to authorize proposed action -- substituted judgment
72-5-449. No duty to propose action
72-5-450. Production of protected person's other relevant estate plan documents