In Re the Estates of McDaniel

This is an appeal from the Third Judicial District of the State of Montana, County of Deer Lodge. The Department of Institutions appeals the District Court’s disapproval of its objection to the public administrator’s denial of their creditor’s claims. We affirm.

The issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in allowing the Public Administrator, acting as the personal representative in these estates, to deny the Department of Institution’s creditor’s claim for services rendered the decedents at Montana State Hospital.

This case involves eleven separate probate causes. The decedents…