72-7-304. Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2017

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 7. UNIFORM POWERS OF APPOINTMENT ACT

Part 3. Exercise of Power of Appointment

Substantial Compliance With Donor-Imposed Formal Requirement

72-7-304. Substantial compliance with donor-imposed formal requirement. A powerholder's substantial compliance with a formal requirement of appointment imposed by the donor, including a requirement that the instrument exercising the power of appointment make reference or specific reference to the power, is sufficient if:

(1) the powerholder knows of and intends to exercise the power; and

(2) the powerholder's manner of attempted exercise of the power does not impair a material purpose of the donor in imposing the requirement.

History: En. Sec. 14, Ch. 293, L. 2015.