{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-215","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-215","heading":"Clerk to issue statement of informal probate -- effect -- procedural defect not to void probate.","body":"(1) Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a will, the clerk, upon making the findings required by 72-3-212 and 72-3-213, shall issue a written statement of informal probate if at least 120 hours have elapsed since the decedent's death.\n(2) Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding.\n(3) No defect in the application or procedure relating thereto which leads to informal probate of a will renders the probate void.","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_0150/0720-0030-0020-0150.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:01Z","sha256":"8cba0863978756f580238cdc40ea3b33a94eaa48ffc4eb8432076c20671436c9","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-214","next":"us-mt/72-3-216"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}