Montana § 72-38-402 Requirements For Creation

Montana Statutes

§ 72-38-402 — Requirements For Creation

Montana § 72-38-402

Title 72ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

Ch. 38MONTANA UNIFORM TRUST CODE

Part 4Creation, Validity, Modification, and Termination of Trust

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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-38-402 (2026).

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72-38-402 . Requirements for creation.

(1)A trust is created only if:

(a)the settlor has capacity to create a trust;

(b)the settlor indicates an intention to create the trust;

(c)the trust has a definite beneficiary or is:

(i)a charitable trust;

(ii)a trust for the care of an animal, as provided in 72-38-408 ; or

(iii)a trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in 72-38-409 ;

(d)the trustee has duties to perform; and

(e)the same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.

(2)A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to any applicable rule against perpetuities.

(3)A power in a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails a

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72-38-402 . Requirements for creation. (1) A trust is created only if:
(a) the settlor has capacity to create a trust;
(b) the settlor indicates an intention to create the trust;
(c) the trust has a definite beneficiary or is:
(i) a charitable trust;
(ii) a trust for the care of an animal, as provided in 72-38-408 ; or
(iii) a trust for a noncharitable purpose, as provided in 72-38-409 ;
(d) the trustee has duties to perform; and
(e) the same person is not the sole trustee and sole beneficiary.
(2) A beneficiary is definite if the beneficiary can be ascertained now or in the future, subject to any applicable rule against perpetuities.
(3) A power in a trustee to select a beneficiary from an indefinite class is valid. If the power is not exercised within a reasonable time, the power fails and the property subject to the power passes to the persons who would have taken the property had the power not been conferred.
(4) A conservation easement created or conveyed under Title 76, chapter 6, does not create a charitable trust unless the settlor expresses a clear intention in the conservation easement instrument to create or convey the conservation easement as a charitable trust.