Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 38. MONTANA UNIFORM TRUST CODE

Part 2. Judicial Proceedings

Request For Special Notice

72-38-216. Request for special notice. (1) If proceedings involving a trust are pending, a beneficiary of the trust may, in person or by attorney, serve on the trustee or the trustee's attorney and file with the court clerk where the proceedings are pending a written request stating that the beneficiary desires special notice of the filing of all pleadings in the proceeding relating to any or all of the purposes described in 72-38-213 and giving an address for receiving notice by mail. Proof of service of the request on the trustee must be filed with the court clerk when the request is filed.

(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), after serving and filing a request and proof of service pursuant to subsection (1), the beneficiary is entitled to notice pursuant to 72-38-209.

(3) A request for special notice made by a beneficiary whose right to notice is restricted by 72-38-603 is not effective.

History: En. Sec. 39, Ch. 264, L. 2013.