Montana Code 72-4-201. Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative
72-4-201. Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative. (1) A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in any proceeding relating to the estate by:
Terms Used In Montana Code 72-4-201
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Personal property: means money, goods, chattels, things in action, and evidences of debt. See Montana Code 1-1-205
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
(a)filing authenticated copies of the foreign personal representative’s appointment as provided in 72-4-309;
(b)receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property under 72-4-306; or
(c)doing any act as a personal representative in this state that would have given the state jurisdiction over the foreign personal representative as an individual.
(2)Jurisdiction under subsection (1)(b) is limited to the money or value of personal property collected.