{"data":{"id":"us-mt/39-73-109","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"39-73-109","heading":"Payment of benefits to surviving spouse.","body":"(1) Upon the death of a person receiving payments for silicosis under 39-73-104 or 39-73-108, the surviving spouse, as long as the spouse remains unmarried, is entitled to receive the payments granted to the deceased spouse.\n(2) A person who otherwise is qualified to receive payments under subsection (1) but whose spouse died prior to March 14, 1974, is eligible to begin receiving $350 a month.","path":["TITLE 39. LABOR","CHAPTER 73. SILICOSIS BENEFITS","Part 1. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0390/chapter_0730/part_0010/section_0090/0390-0730-0010-0090.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:47Z","sha256":"09d19e5902284ef7878bff3b6916d92fcfd86f092754fc4b37b45024b251bc7f","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/39-73-108","next":"us-mt/39-73-110"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}