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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-315 (2026)

Order Of Partial Intestacy

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TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION

Part 3. Formal Testacy and Appointment Proceedings

Order Of Partial Intestacy

72-3-315. Order of partial intestacy. If it becomes evident in the course of a formal testacy proceeding that, though one or more instruments are entitled to be probated, the decedent's estate is or may be partially intestate, the court shall enter an order to that effect.

History: En. 91A-3-411 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-411.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2025 · leading case: In Re the Guardianship & Conservatory of A.M.M., 2015 MT 250 (Mont. 2015).
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In Re the Guardianship & Conservatory of A.M.M., 2015 MT 250 (Mont. 2015). · cites it 3× “¶36 A district court shall appoint a visitor in a guardianship proceeding, § 72-3-315, MCA, and it must be a person who is trained either in law, or another profession identified in the statute, and the person must have no personal interest in the proceedings under § 72-5-313,…”
Est. of Damjanovich, 2025 MT 259 (Mont. 2025). · cites it 3× “See § 72-3-315, MCA (requiring an order of partial intestacy where a will fails to dispose of property).”
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