{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-39-217","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-39-217","heading":"Need to distribute not required.","body":"An authorized fiduciary may exercise the decanting power whether or not under the first trust's discretionary distribution standard the fiduciary would have made or could have been compelled to make a discretionary distribution of principal at the time of the exercise.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 39. UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT","Part 2. Decanting"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0390/part_0020/section_0170/0720-0390-0020-0170.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:35Z","sha256":"97eb752fbe3fd35ee969b5ae2132037b6097b44377a1bc57644045344df31851","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-39-216","next":"us-mt/72-39-218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}