{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-2-120","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-2-120","heading":"Debts to decedent.","body":"A debt owed to a decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any individual except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor's descendants.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 2. UPC -- INTESTACY, WILLS, AND DONATIVE TRANSFERS","Part 1. Intestate Succession"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0020/part_0010/section_0200/0720-0020-0010-0200.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:58:57Z","sha256":"49c625ec4a8b4ddc840f9ab2ccc1f63eecb295c67e75fa01605255399c502f41","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-2-119","next":"us-mt/72-2-121"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}