{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-304","heading":"Effect of formal proceeding on power of informally appointed personal representative.","body":"Unless a petition in a formal testacy proceeding also requests confirmation of the previous informal appointment, a previously appointed personal representative, after receipt of notice of the commencement of a formal probate proceeding, shall refrain from exercising the personal representative's power to make any further distribution of the estate during the pendency of the formal proceeding. A petitioner who seeks the appointment of a different personal representative in a formal proceeding also may request an order restraining the acting personal representative from exercising any of the powers of that office and requesting the appointment of a special administrator. In the absence of a request or if the request is denied, the commencement of a formal proceeding has no effect on the powers and duties of a previously appointed personal representative other than those relating to distribution.","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_0040/0720-0030-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:01Z","sha256":"f36e54895818fd6fc7b2b6e3a34760986119096b5b54315e77a786835472d5ae","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-303","next":"us-mt/72-3-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}