{"data":{"id":"us-mt/72-3-807","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"72-3-807","heading":"Classification of claims as to priority of payment.","body":"(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:\n(a) costs and expenses of administration;\n(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;\n(c) federal estate and Montana state estate taxes;\n(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;\n(e) debts with preference under federal and Montana law;\n(f) other federal and Montana state taxes;\n(g) all other claims.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 72. ESTATES, TRUSTS, AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIPS","CHAPTER 3. UPC -- PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION","Part 8. Creditors' Claims"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0720/chapter_0030/part_0080/section_0070/0720-0030-0080-0070.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:59:03Z","sha256":"135bc97cf73aa98d5ec9f45af943a610b09048247a38a1fb21fabdd8738eacd6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/72-3-806","next":"us-mt/72-3-808"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}