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Estate Plan Drafting The cost of creating a will in Montana can range from approximately $250 to $1000, while a trust typically costs anywhere between $900 and $3450. At Snug, any member can create a Power of Attorney and Health Care Directive for free. A Will costs $195 and a Trust costs $500.

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.

To make a will self-proved, an additional statement is added which states, in effect, that the testator and witnesses signed and acknowledged that this was the will. The testator and witnesses sign this statement before a notary who then signs and uses his or her official seal on it. This makes the will self-proving.

Do All Estates Have to Go Through Probate in Montana? Unless the estate is in a living trust, it will need to go through probate in Montana. However, it may be eligible for informal probate, which allows for the executor to handle all of the process without court intervention.

Montana recognizes holographic (handwritten) wills so long as the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting.