All accrued benefits due and payable at the time of death to any deceased claimant shall be paid to the surviving spouse or, if there be no surviving spouse, then to the surviving children or, if there be no surviving children, then to the next of kin without the necessity of any recipient obtaining letters testamentary or of administration.
Mont. Code Ann. § 39-51-2205
Continuation of benefits at death of claimant
Known as the Unemployment Insurance Law
The act spans §§ 39-51-101 to 39-51-605 (157 sections).
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