{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-1013","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-1013","heading":"Limitation on actions against distributees.","body":"(1) Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim and the right of any heir or devisee or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf to recover property improperly distributed or the value thereof from any distributee is forever barred at the later of 3 years after the decedent's death or 1 year after the time of distribution, but all claims of creditors of the decedent are barred 1 year after the decedent's death.\n(2) This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 10. Closing Estates"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0100/section_0130/0720-0030-0100-0130.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:04Z","sha256":"3c91675ae9cfd679d682213d533cc0c3804074cc5bfa7838d53a8e562337cdac","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-1012","next":"us-mt/72-3-1014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}