{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-214","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-214","heading":"Power of clerk to deny informal probate -- effect of denial.","body":"(1) If the clerk is not satisfied that a will is entitled to be probated in informal proceedings because of failure to meet the requirements of 72-3-212 and 72-3-213 or any other reason, the clerk may decline the application.\n(2) A declination of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude formal probate proceedings.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 2. Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0020/section_0140/0720-0030-0020-0140.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:01Z","sha256":"2c9f6665926f41747b48f66bdcd39f7e15f540847bbaabf6ed3c0bb7de71a8bf","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-213","next":"us-mt/72-3-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}