34.5.102    NON-VETERAN SPOUSE ENTITLEMENT

(1) Any non-veteran spouse of an eligible veteran may also qualify for burial in the state's veterans' cemetery providing that the interment of the qualifying non-veteran spouse is in the same burial plot as that provided for the veteran.

(2) The non-veteran spouse will be charged an opening and closing fee equal to the veterans administration "plot allowance" for veterans.

(3) The non-veteran spouse will be required to provide a like headstone comparable to that of the veteran.

(4) If the veteran has been buried in a plot designated for cremated human remains, the non-veteran spouse must also choose a burial designed for cremated human remains.

(5) The burial for the non-veteran spouse and/or the eligible veterans must be prearranged prior to the interment of the first spouse buried.

(6) The non-veteran spouse must comply with all rules applicable to the burial of the veteran spouse.

History: Sec. 10-2-602 MCA; IMP, Sec. 10-2-602 MCA; NEW, 1987 MAR p. 776, Eff. 6/12/87.