72-5-411. Bond -- court may require -- amount. (1) The court may require a conservator to furnish a bond conditioned upon faithful discharge of all duties of the trust according to law with sureties that it specifies.
(2) Unless otherwise directed, the bond must be in the amount of the aggregate capital value of the property of the estate in the conservator's control plus 1 year's estimated income minus the value of securities deposited under arrangements requiring an order of the court for their removal and the value of any land that the fiduciary, by express limitation of power, lacks power to sell or convey without court authorization.
(3) The court, in lieu of sureties on a bond, may accept other security for the performance of the bond, including a pledge of securities or a mortgage of land.
History: En. 91A-5-411 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-5-411; amd. Sec. 2418, 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