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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

72-26-705: Exemption of third person from liability.

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  1. TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS
  2. CHAPTER 26. UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT
  3. Part 7. Administration by Custodian -- Liability

A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:

(1) the validity of the purported custodian's designation;

(2) the propriety of or the authority under this chapter for any act of the purported custodian;

(3) the validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or

(4) the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.

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