Montana § 72-7-603 Application To Existing Relationships

Montana Statutes

§ 72-7-603 — Application To Existing Relationships

Montana § 72-7-603

Title 72ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

Ch. 7UNIFORM POWERS OF APPOINTMENT ACT

Part 6Miscellaneous Provisions

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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-7-603 (2026).

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72-7-603 . Application to existing relationships.

(1)Except as otherwise provided in this act, on and after October 1, 2015:

(a)this act applies to a power of appointment created before, on, or after October 1, 2015;

(b)this act applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced on or after October 1, 2015;

(c)this act applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced before October 1, 2015, unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this act would interfere substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice a right of a party, in which case the particular provision of this act does not apply and the superseded law applies;

(d)a rule of construction or presumption provided in t

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72-7-603 . Application to existing relationships. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, on and after October 1, 2015:
(a) this act applies to a power of appointment created before, on, or after October 1, 2015;
(b) this act applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced on or after October 1, 2015;
(c) this act applies to a judicial proceeding concerning a power of appointment commenced before October 1, 2015, unless the court finds that application of a particular provision of this act would interfere substantially with the effective conduct of the judicial proceeding or prejudice a right of a party, in which case the particular provision of this act does not apply and the superseded law applies;
(d) a rule of construction or presumption provided in this act applies to an instrument executed before October 1, 2015, unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent in the terms of the instrument; and
(e) except as otherwise provided in subsections (1)(a) through (1)(d), an action done before October 1, 2015, is not affected by this act.
(2) If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred on the expiration of a prescribed period that commenced under law of this state other than this act before October 1, 2015, the law continues to apply to the right.