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A Montana medical power of attorney is a document that allows a principal to appoint an ?agent? or ?attorney-in-fact? to handle health care decisions on their behalf. The principal may also select ?successor agents? in the event the agent is not able to perform their duties (agents may not act together).

A Medical Power of Attorney gives your agent the right to make health care decisions for you. A general durable power of attorney empowers the agent to make financial decisions and usually does not give the person the right to make decisions about health care.

In Montana, sole physical custody is given to the parent with whom the children spend the most time with. Montana shared physical custody: Each parent has significant periods of physical custody, which allows them frequent and continuing contact with their children.

If you give away the power to transact real estate, you'll also need to have the POA notarized to record (file) it in the land records office.

A Financial Power of Attorney must be signed in front of a notary and should be given to all of your financial institutions, including banks, financial planners, and investment firms. We recommend using the Agent's acknowledgement form attached to the Financial Power of Attorney.

There's no set age in Montana at which a judge must give consideration to a child's preferences. Rather, the judge will look at the unique circumstances of each case. As a general rule, the older a child is, the better the chance of a judge taking the child's wishes into account.