Montana Code Annotated 2003

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     39-71-742. Who may receive payment. (1) Where payment is due to a child under 18 years of age or to a person adjudged incompetent, the same shall be made to the parent or to the duly appointed guardian, as the case may be, and the written receipt of such parent or guardian shall acquit the employer, the insurer, or department, as the case may be, of further liability.
     (2) In other cases, payment shall be made to the person entitled thereto or to his duly authorized representative.

     History: En. Sec. 9, Ch, 96, L. 1915; re-en. Sec. 2898, R.C.M. 1921; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 121, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 2898, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 23, L. 1975; R.C.M. 1947, 92-508; amd. Sec. 64, Ch. 613, L. 1989.

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