{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-38-708","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-38-708","heading":"Compensation of trustee.","body":"(1) If the terms of a trust do not specify the trustee's compensation, a trustee is entitled to compensation that is reasonable under the circumstances.\n(2) If the terms of a trust specify the trustee's compensation, the trustee is entitled to be compensated as specified, but the court may allow more or less compensation if:\n(a) the duties of the trustee are substantially different from those contemplated when the trust was created; or\n(b) the compensation specified by the terms of the trust would be unreasonably low or high.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 38. MONTANA UNIFORM TRUST CODE","Part 7. Office of Trustee"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0380/part_0070/section_0080/0720-0380-0070-0080.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:34Z","sha256":"5b1ef7dac796b93fdf66aae07fbe4f896c6330da4ca83e85766816735ea6f845","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-38-707","next":"us-mt/72-38-709"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}