39-51-2405. Prompt payment of claims. (1) Benefits must be paid promptly in accordance with the most recently issued:

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Terms Used In Montana Code 39-51-2405

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Benefits: means the money payments payable to an individual, as provided in this chapter, with respect to the individual's unemployment. See Montana Code 39-51-201
  • Board: means the unemployment insurance appeals board provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 39-51-201
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202

(a)determination or redetermination under 39-51-2402;

(b)decision of an appeals referee under 39-51-2403;

(c)decision of the board under 39-51-2404; or

(d)decision of a reviewing court pursuant to a judicial review initiated under 39-51-2404.

(2)The filing of a request for redetermination, an appeal, or a request for judicial review may not delay or postpone the payment of benefits until the determination, redetermination, or decision has been modified or reversed.

(3)An individual considered eligible to receive benefits must be paid promptly regardless of any further appeal or disposition of an appeal that is not a final disposition of the case. An injunction, stay, writ, or other process suspending the payment of benefits may not be issued by the board or a court until the final disposition of the case.