{"data":{"id":"us-mt/70-15-214","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"70-15-214","heading":"Remainder not upon a contingency -- when to take effect.","body":"When a remainder of an estate for life or for years is not limited on a contingency defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it is to be deemed intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker or the expiration by lapse of time of such term of years.","path":["TITLE 70. PROPERTY","CHAPTER 15. DEFINITIONS AND KINDS OF ESTATES IN REAL PROPERTY","Part 2. Classification of Interests in Real Property"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0700/chapter_0150/part_0020/section_0140/0700-0150-0020-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:35Z","sha256":"885347db6ea0102799c7f393c3d47b4bd90cf1c33df65476bb66dade06ad7047","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/70-15-213","next":"us-mt/70-15-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}