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In Montana, a Health Care Power of Attorney is effective upon your signature, without having your signature notarized or witnessed. However, notarization provides proof your signature is genuine should any questions arise from family members and/or health care professionals.

No, in Montana, you do not need to notarize your will to make it legal. However, Montana allows you to make your will "self-proving" and you'll need to go to a notary if you want to do that. A self-proving will speeds up probate because the court can accept the will without contacting the witnesses who signed it.

It is possible under Montana law to write your own will in your own handwriting. A handwritten will is called a holographic will. You must take care, however, that both the signature and the actual distribution provisions of the document are in your valid handwriting.

Under Montana law, probate may be administered: as an informal proceeding; as a formal procedure; by supervised administration; by collection of personal property by affidavit; or as a small estate summary administrative procedure.

If you die intestate in Montana, your children are entitled to part of your estate, depending on if you also leave behind a spouse, how many children you have, and if you have children with someone other than your spouse. Die with children but no surviving spouse and your children inherit everything.

Under the Montana Uniform POA Act, a POA is considered durable unless the document specifically states that it is terminated by the incapacity of the principal. With a durable POA an agent can handle the principal's financial affairs without the need for court action.