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Mont. Code Ann. § 72-3-807

Classification of claims as to priority of payment

En. 91A-3-805 by Sec. 1, Ch. 365, L. 1974; amd

(1) If the applicable assets of the estate are insufficient to pay all claims in full, the personal representative shall make payment in the following order:

(a) costs and expenses of administration;

(b) reasonable funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of the decedent, including compensation of persons attending the decedent;

(c) federal estate and Montana state estate taxes;

(d) debt for a current support obligation and past-due support for the decedent's children pursuant to a support order as defined in 40-5-201;

(e) debts with preference under federal and Montana law;

(f) other federal and Montana state taxes;

(g) all other claims.

(2) A preference may not be given in the payment of any claim over any other claim of the same class, and a claim due and payable may not be entitled to a preference over claims not due.

Official source: Montana Code Annotated (Montana Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Montana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.