{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-302","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-302","heading":"Formal testacy proceedings -- nature -- how and when commenced.","body":"(1) A formal testacy proceeding is litigation to determine whether a decedent left a valid will.\n(2) A formal testacy proceeding may be commenced by an interested person filing a petition:\n(a) as described in 72-3-301(1) in which the person requests that the court, after notice and hearing, enter an order probating a will;\n(b) to set aside an informal probate of a will or to prevent informal probate of a will that is the subject of a pending application; or\n(c) for an order that the decedent died intestate.\n(3) A petition may seek formal probate of a will without regard to whether the will or a conflicting will has been informally probated.\n(4) A formal testacy proceeding may but need not involve a request for appointment of a personal representative.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 3. Formal Testacy and Appointment Proceedings"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0030/section_0020/0720-0030-0030-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:01Z","sha256":"9560c49584c0255237cdb3e29f7880649c78e77315668a4ec6edad9663ccb2b1","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-301","next":"us-mt/72-3-303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}