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Montana Code Annotated

Part 4

Protection of Property of Minors and Persons Under Disability

72-5-401Original petition for appointment or protective order -- who may petition 72-5-402Contents of petition 72-5-403Notice -- waiver 72-5-404Request for notice -- interested person 72-5-405Exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction of particular court after petition and notice 72-5-406Consent to jurisdiction by acceptance of appointment as conservator 72-5-407Venue 72-5-408Procedure concerning hearing and order on original petition 72-5-409Cause for appointment of conservator or issuance of protective order 72-5-410Who may be appointed conservator -- priorities 72-5-411Bond -- court may require -- amount 72-5-412Terms and requirements of bond 72-5-413Petitions for orders subsequent to appointment -- interested persons 72-5-414Resignation or removal of conservator for cause -- successor conservator 72-5-415Public administrator as conservator when no other appropriate person 72-5-416reserved 72-5-421Powers of court as to property and affairs of protected persons generally -- temporary conservatorship 72-5-422Power of court to authorize particular protective arrangements or transactions without appointing conservator 72-5-423Fiduciary duty of conservator 72-5-424Inventory and records 72-5-425Title by appointment as conservator -- appointment not transfer for certain purposes 72-5-426Letters as evidence of transfer of assets -- recording 72-5-427Powers of conservator in administration 72-5-428Distributive powers and duties of conservator generally 72-5-429Distribution upon attainment of majority, termination of disability, or death of protected person 72-5-430Enlargement or limitation of powers of conservator by court 72-5-431Preservation of estate plan -- right to inspect will 72-5-432Compensation and expenses 72-5-433Claims against protected person -- presentment, allowance, and payment -- priorities 72-5-434Transaction involving conflict of interest -- voidable -- exceptions 72-5-435Persons dealing with conservator -- protection 72-5-436Claims arising during conservatorship -- individual liability of conservator 72-5-437Termination of conservatorship 72-5-438Accounts -- final and intermediate 72-5-439Payment of debt and delivery of property to foreign conservator without local proceedings 72-5-440reserved 72-5-444Petition to authorize proposed action -- substituted judgment 72-5-445Notice of hearing 72-5-446Consent or lack of capacity of protected person -- adequate provision for protected person and dependents 72-5-447Circumstances to be considered in determining whether to authorize or require proposed action 72-5-448Order 72-5-449No duty to propose action 72-5-450Production of protected person's other relevant estate plan documents