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Mont. Code Ann. § 27-8-204 (2026)

Declarations Concerning Administration Of Trusts And Estates

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TITLE 27. CIVIL LIABILITY, REMEDIES, AND LIMITATIONS

CHAPTER 8. UNIFORM DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS ACT

Part 2. Availability of Declaratory Judgments

Declarations Concerning Administration Of Trusts And Estates

27-8-204. Declarations concerning administration of trusts and estates. A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, heir, or cestui que trust in the administration of a trust or of the estate of a decedent, minor, person committed pursuant to 53-21-127, or insolvent person may have a declaration of rights or legal relations:

(1) to ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, heirs, or others;

(2) to direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing a particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or

(3) to determine a question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 16, L. 1935; re-en. Sec. 9835.4, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 93-8904; amd. Sec. 32, Ch. 12, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 490, L. 1997.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2010–2010 · leading case: In Re the Est. of Marchwick, 2010 MT 129 (Mont. 2010).
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In Re the Est. of Marchwick, 2010 MT 129 (Mont. 2010). · cites it 4× “Marchwick sought declaratory relief under § 27-8-204, MCA. ¶6 Marchwick argued that § 72-2-814(2)(a)(i), MCA, had revoked the Burgess children’s interests as a matter of law when Ronald and Judy were divorced.”
Est. of Judith N. Marchwick, 2010 MT 129 (Mont. 2010). · cites it 3× “Marchwick sought declaratory relief under § 27-8-204, MCA. ¶6 Marchwick argued that § 72-2-814(2)(a)(i), MCA, had revoked the Burgess children’s interests as a matter of law when Ronald and Judy were divorced.”
— Mont. Code Ann. § 27-8-204(3) — 2 cases
In Re the Est. of Marchwick, 2010 MT 129 (Mont. 2010). “Marchwick sought declaratory relief under § 27-8-204, MCA. ¶6 Marchwick argued that § 72-2-814(2)(a)(i), MCA, had revoked the Burgess children’s interests as a matter of law when Ronald and Judy were divorced.”
Est. of Judith N. Marchwick, 2010 MT 129 (Mont. 2010). “Marchwick sought declaratory relief under § 27-8-204, MCA. ¶6 Marchwick argued that § 72-2-814(2)(a)(i), MCA, had revoked the Burgess children’s interests as a matter of law when Ronald and Judy were divorced.”
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