{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-2-537","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-2-537","heading":"Penalty clause for contest.","body":"A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS","Part 5. Wills, Will Contracts, and Custody and Deposit of Wills"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0020/part_0050/section_0370/0720-0020-0050-0370.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:59Z","sha256":"3f1e989d2f6d302b6bdcaab08c475b064efe9906a2f59261198aa223b7b2e5eb","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-2-536","next":"us-mt/72-2-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}