Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS

Part 8. General Provisions Concerning Probate and Nonprobate Transfers

When Disclaimer Barred Or Limited

72-2-829. When disclaimer barred or limited. (1) A disclaimer is barred by a written waiver of the right to disclaim.

(2) A disclaimer of an interest in property is barred if any of the following events occur before the disclaimer becomes effective:

(a) the disclaimant accepts the interest sought to be disclaimed;

(b) the disclaimant voluntarily assigns, conveys, encumbers, pledges, or transfers the interest sought to be disclaimed or contracts to do so; or

(c) a judicial sale of the interest sought to be disclaimed occurs.

(3) A disclaimer, in whole or part, of the future exercise of a power held in a fiduciary capacity is not barred by its previous exercise.

(4) A disclaimer, in whole or part, of the future exercise of a power not held in a fiduciary capacity is not barred by its previous exercise unless the power is exercisable in favor of the disclaimant.

(5) A disclaimer is barred or limited if so provided by law other than 72-2-817 through 72-2-833.

(6) A disclaimer of a power over property which is barred by this section is ineffective. A disclaimer of an interest in property which is barred by this section takes effect as a transfer of the interest disclaimed to the persons who would have taken the interest under 72-2-817 through 72-2-833 had the disclaimer not been barred.

History: En. Sec. 51, Ch. 313, L. 2019.