My Loved One Just Passed Away. Now What?
February 11, 2022
- Cremation. (MT200201HR) (2018) (PDF Version) (HTML Version-ADA Accessible) [Order Online]
Explores personal and family concerns, state and federal regulations, and costs of cremation in Montana. - Transferring Property Owned in a Joint Tenancy or in a Life Estate Without Probate (MT201606HR) (2024) (PDF Version) (HTML Version-ADA Accessible) [Order Online]
Describes the process when real property is owned as joint tenants or is subject to a life estate, the distribution method is determined by Montana Law.- Affidavit for Termination of Joint Tenancy Form (Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Legal Developer Program, Aging Services Division) (PDF)
- Montana Realty Transfer Certificate (Montana Department of Revenue)
- Acknowledgement of Confirmation of Termination of Interest of Deceased Life Tenant
in Real Property (PDF)
- Settling an Estate: What Do I Need to Know? (MT201004HR) (2023) (PDF Version) (HTML Version-ADA Accessible) [Order Online]
Designed to help survivors start the process of settling an estate and ease the burden following the death of a loved one. It discusses tasks in the order they are commonly completed. - Probate in Montana. (MT199006HR) (2024) (PDF Version) (HTML Version-ADA Accessible) [Order Online]
Provides guidelines and costs for the process of settling the estate of a deceased person.- Application for Title of a Vehicle by Non-Probate Transfer (PDF) Montana Vehicle Division
- Affidavit for Collection of Personal Property (PDF) Revised January 2024
- Acknowledgement of Fiduciary Relationship and Obligations Personal Representative, Guardian, or Conservator (PDF)
- How to Administer a Small Estate (Montana Law Help) (PDF)
- Personal Representative Responsibilities in Montana. (MT199008HR) (2025) (PDF Version) (HTML Version-ADA Accessible) [Order Online]
Explains Montana law covering personal representatives in settling estates (often called "executor" in other states).
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Websites of interest while a veteran is alive and after death
