Montana Code 27-8-204. Declarations concerning administration of trusts and estates
27-8-204. Declarations concerning administration of trusts and estates. A person interested as or through an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, other fiduciary, creditor, devisee, heir, or cestui que trust in the administration of a trust or of the estate of a decedent, minor, person committed pursuant to 53-21-127, or insolvent person may have a declaration of rights or legal relations:
Terms Used In Montana Code 27-8-204
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(1)to ascertain any class of creditors, devisees, heirs, or others;
(2)to direct the executors, administrators, or trustees to do or abstain from doing a particular act in their fiduciary capacity; or
(3)to determine a question arising in the administration of the estate or trust, including questions of construction of wills and other writings.