Can a dependant support claim be partially settled for some claimants while continuing against others?

Yes, it's possible to settle with some dependants while the claim continues against the estate for others. Dependant support claims often involve more than one claimant — a spouse, children, or others the deceased was supporting — and there's no rule requiring every claim to resolve at the same time or in the same way.

The practical wrinkle is that all these claims draw from the same estate, so settling with one claimant for a certain amount can affect what's realistically left for the others, and a court or the remaining parties may want visibility into any partial settlement to properly assess the claims still outstanding. An estate trustee also has to be careful about how much is paid out and when, since distributing too generously to an early-settling claimant could leave too little to satisfy a later award, potentially exposing the trustee personally. For this reason, partial settlements in a multi-claimant estate are usually negotiated with an eye to the total pool available, and are often flagged to the court or other parties rather than handled as fully separate, siloed deals.