Mont. Code Ann. § 39-71-725

(1997)

Payment of burial expense

There shall be paid, in case of the death of an employee, which death is the result of an accidental injury arising out of the employment and happening in the course of the employment, the reasonable burial expenses of the employee, not exceeding $1,400, and such payment is not a part of the compensation which might be paid but is a benefit in addition to and separate and apart from compensation.

Official Annotations archive.org, 1997 edition
History:
En. Sec. 16, Ch. 96, L. 1915
Amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 196, L. 1921
Re-en. Sec. 2916, R.C.M. 1921
Amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 121, L. 1925
Re-en. Sec. 2916, R.C.M. 1935
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 128, L. 1943
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 213, L. 1945
Amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 38, L. 1953
Amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 234, L. 1957
Amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 194, L. 1974
R.C.M. 1947, 92-705
Amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 21, L. 1981