72-39-214. Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary, MCA

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS

CHAPTER 39. UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT

Part 2. Decanting

Removal Or Replacement Of Authorized Fiduciary

72-39-214. Removal or replacement of authorized fiduciary. An authorized fiduciary may not exercise the decanting power to modify a provision in a first-trust instrument granting another person power to remove or replace the fiduciary unless:

(1) the person holding the power consents to the modification in a signed record and the modification applies only to the person;

(2) the person holding the power and the qualified beneficiaries of the second trust consent to the modification in a signed record and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person; or

(3) the court approves the modification and the modification grants a substantially similar power to another person.

History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 177, L. 2021.