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How to Avoid Probate in South Dakota
South Dakota offers a TOD deed, vehicle and boat TOD titles, POD accounts and trusts, but a trust must expressly reserve revocation.
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Montana Advance Directive
A Montana advance directive is a living will signed before two witnesses, a durable health care power of attorney, or both.
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Montana Ancillary Probate
Montana ancillary probate: an out-of-state personal representative files with the district court where the property sits and gets a clerk's certificate.
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Montana Creditor Claims in Probate
Montana creditor claims: notice to creditors must be published, claims are due 4 months after first publication, and old debts die 1 year after death.
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Montana Debt Payment Priority
MCA 72-3-807 pays administration costs first, then funeral and last-illness bills as one class, then estate taxes and child support.
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Montana Digital Assets After Death
Montana's digital assets act puts an online tool ahead of your will. Emails need consent or a court order, and a custodian has 60 days to answer.
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Montana Elective Share
The Montana elective share gives a surviving spouse 50% of the marital-property portion of the augmented estate, with a $75,000 floor.
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Montana Estate Planning Basics
Montana estate planning uses four documents: a will with two witnesses, a financial power of attorney, a health care directive, and a trust.
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Montana Estate Tax Rules
Montana has no estate tax for deaths after 2004 and no inheritance tax. Only the federal estate tax applies, above $15 million for a 2026 death.
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Montana Executor Duties
Montana executor duties in statute order: notify heirs in 30 days, publish to creditors, inventory in 9 months, pay claims, then close.
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