{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-224","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-224","heading":"Informal appointment -- power of clerk to deny -- effect of denial.","body":"(1) If the clerk is not satisfied that a requested informal appointment of a personal representative should be made because of failure to meet the requirements of 72-3-222, 72-3-223, and 72-3-225 or for any other reason, the clerk may decline the application.\n(2) A declination of informal appointment is not an adjudication and does not preclude appointment in formal 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_0240/0720-0030-0020-0240.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:01Z","sha256":"f42ed83711d51ca4452955ff91ed66c8d196cc5f980e4d1fc29a07fa763e1065","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-223","next":"us-mt/72-3-225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}