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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-7-603

Application to existing relationships

Known as the Uniform Powers of Appointment Act

The act spans §§ 72–72 (38 sections).

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(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proceeding or prejudice a right of a party, in which case the particular provision of this act does not apply and the superseded law applies;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.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.