Limitation on actions against distributees
(1) Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim and the right of any heir or devisee or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf to recover property improperly distributed or the value thereof from any distributee is forever barred at the later of 3 years after the decedent's death or 1 year after the time of distribution, but all claims of creditors of the decedent are barred 1 year after the decedent's death.
(2) This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud.
| EnactedEn. 91A-3-1007 by SectionSec. 1, ChapterCh. 365, Laws ofL. 1974 |
| Revised Codes of MontanaR.C.M. 1947, 91A-3-1007 |
| AmendedAmd. SectionSec. 79, ChapterCh. 313, Laws ofL. 2019 (SB 225 - Fitzpatrick, Steve (R) SD 10) |