Montana Heirship Affidavit - Descent

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This Heirship Affidavit form is for a person to complete stating the heirs of a deceased person. The Heirship Affidavit is commonly used to establish ownership of personal and real property. It may be recorded in official land records, if necessary. Example of use: Person A dies without a will, leaves a son and no estate is opened. When the son sells the land, the son obtains an heir ship affidavit to record with the deed. The person executing the affidavit should normally not be an heir of the deceased, or other person interested in the estate.

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An affidavit of heirship is needed to transfer a deceased person's interest in real or personal property to his or her heirs when the decedent dies without leaving a last will and testament or without disposing of all of his or her property in a will.

Under Montana statute, where as estate is valued at less than $50,000, an interested party may, thirty (30) days after the death of the decedent, issue a small estate affidavit to to demand payment on any debts owed to the decedent.

Heirs who inherit property are typically children, descendants, or other close relatives of the decedent. Spouses typically are not legally considered to be heirs, as they are instead entitled to properties via marital or community property laws.

In Montana, you can make a living trust to avoid probate for virtually any asset you ownreal estate, bank accounts, vehicles, and so on. You need to create a trust document (it's similar to a will), naming someone to take over as trustee after your death (called a successor trustee).

(A judgment in this case is a court order, in writing, reciting that the deceased person is dead, the date of death and a list of who are the heirs.) Proof. Once the judgment is issued, copies of the judgment can be used to show proof as to who is entitled to estate assets.

A fee of $15 for the first page and $4 for each additional page is common. Ask if you can file the two affidavits of heirship as one document. Some counties let you file the two affidavits of heirship as one document if the decedent and property descriptions are the same.

If you are unmarried and die without a valid will and last testament in Montana, then your entire estate goes to any surviving children in equal shares, or grandchildren if you don't have any surviving children. If you die intestate unmarried and with no children, then by law, your parents inherit your entire estate.

When a person who owns real property dies intestate, and there is no survivor mentioned in the deed, the heirs of the decedent, must file an affidavit of descent to establish their chain of title to the property. This affidavit, is known as an affidavit of descent.

The heirship of a deceased person is determined through a document called an Affidavit of Heirship. This is a form that gives a detailed explanation of the heirs at law of the deceased person at the time of his/her death.The deceased, DOROTHY, died at Anytown, Illinois on January 1, 2015.

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