Montana § 72-5-324 Termination Of Appointment -- How Effected -- Certain Liabilities And Obligations Not Affected

Montana Statutes

§ 72-5-324 — Termination Of Appointment -- How Effected -- Certain Liabilities And Obligations Not Affected

Montana·Title 72 ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS·Ch. 5 UPC -- PERSONS UNDER DISABILITY GUARDIANSHIP AND CONSERVATORSHIP·Part 3 Guardians of Incapacitated Persons

72-5-324 . Termination of appointment -- how effected -- certain liabilities and obligations not affected.

(1)(a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), the authority and responsibility of a guardian for an incapacitated person terminates upon the death of the guardian or ward, the determination of incapacity of the guardian, or upon removal or resignation as provided in 72-5-325 . Testamentary appointment under an informally probated will terminates if the will is later denied probate in a formal proceeding.

(b)The guardian's authority and responsibility for an incapacitated person who dies while the person is a ward of the guardian terminate when the guardian has completed arrangements for the final disposition of the ward's physical remains and personal effects, as provided in 72-5-

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72-5-324 . Termination of appointment -- how effected -- certain liabilities and obligations not affected. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b), the authority and responsibility of a guardian for an incapacitated person terminates upon the death of the guardian or ward, the determination of incapacity of the guardian, or upon removal or resignation as provided in 72-5-325 . Testamentary appointment under an informally probated will terminates if the will is later denied probate in a formal proceeding.
(b) The guardian's authority and responsibility for an incapacitated person who dies while the person is a ward of the guardian terminate when the guardian has completed arrangements for the final disposition of the ward's physical remains and personal effects, as provided in 72-5-321 (7).
(2) Termination does not affect the guardian's liability for prior acts or the guardian's obligation to account for funds and assets of the ward.

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