• You have indicated you are married and your spouse is living.
  • You do not have any living children from your present marriage.
  • You have living children from a previous marriage only.
  • You have adopted all children from your spouse's previous marriage.
  • Your spouse has adopted all children from your previous marriage...

 


Distribution: Your surviving spouse receives all.

Your children from your previous marriage and your adopted children do not inherit as Montana law gives priority to the surviving spouse. Adopted children are treated as biological children for inheritance purposes from the adoptee parents.

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