{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-7-304","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-7-304","heading":"Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement.","body":"A powerholder's substantial compliance with a formal requirement of appointment imposed by the donor, including a requirement that the instrument exercising the power of appointment make reference or specific reference to the power, is sufficient if:\n(1) the powerholder knows of and intends to exercise the power; and\n(2) the powerholder's manner of attempted exercise of the power does not impair a material purpose of the donor in imposing the requirement.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 7. UNIFORM POWERS OF APPOINTMENT ACT","Part 3. Exercise of Power of Appointment"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0070/part_0030/section_0040/0720-0070-0030-0040.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:09Z","sha256":"7c9ef05f634f1a870635cb6b333538c9137f17ee8f2b6464d3ed26cc18b4dba5","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-7-303","next":"us-mt/72-7-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}