• You have indicated you are married and your spouse is living.
  • You have one or more living children from your present and previous marriages.
  • Your spouse does not have any children from a previous marriage.
  • Your spouse has adopted all your children from a previous marriage...

 

Distribution: Your surviving spouse receives all.

Your children from your previous marriage whom your spouse has adopted receive nothing as Montana law gives priority to the surviving spouse.

Click below to see examples of how your property would be distributed....

Example 1: Survivors are spouse and children from previous and present marriages

Example 1

Example 2:Survivors are spouse, children from present marriage, and grandchildren from deceased child from previous marriage

Example 2