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Título 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES

Capítulo 7. ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES GENERALLY

60 secciones · 53-7-1 a 53-7-78

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Artículo 1. POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY

  1. 53-7-1General powers and duties of personal representative; additional powers.
  2. 53-7-2Administration of entire estate; distribution of residuum.
  3. 53-7-3Powers and immunities of administrator with will annexed.
  4. 53-7-4Powers of temporary administrators pending appointment of personal representative and executors pending litigation of caveats to wills.
  5. 53-7-5Powers, duties, and liabilities if more than one personal representative; safe deposit boxes or receptacles.
  6. 53-7-6Power to borrow money, make and fulfill contracts, provide legal counsel, continue decedent’s business, and perform other acts.
  7. 53-7-7Disposition of income received during administration.
  8. 53-7-8Support and education of minor heirs and beneficiaries without conservators.

Artículo 2. ACTIONS AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

  1. 53-7-10Allowable defenses; generally.
  2. 53-7-11Allowable defenses; action originating in lifetime of decedent.
  3. 53-7-12Survival of action.
  4. 53-7-13Service of notice, writ, or process.
  5. 53-7-14Action against removed personal administrator.
  6. 53-7-15Applicability of provisions relating to sureties on guardians’ or conservators’ bonds.
  7. 53-7-16Joint and several liability of personal representative and sureties.
  8. 53-7-17Liability on common bond of two or more personal representatives.
  9. 53-7-18Liability of sureties on bond of removed personal representative.
  10. 53-7-19Action on bond for failure to settle and account with heir or beneficiary.
  11. 53-7-20Action on bond upon liability of decedent and return of execution marked nulla bona.
  12. 53-7-21Against what property judgment levied.
  13. 53-7-22Levy upon property; entering of judgment and issuance of execution.
  14. 53-7-23Property upon which execution levied.

Artículo 3. INVENTORY

  1. 53-7-30Filing and contents.
  2. 53-7-31Making of inventory jointly by all personal representatives; proof of joint possession of assets.
  3. 53-7-32Waiver of right to receive; relieving personal representative of duty to make.
  4. 53-7-33Power of testator to dispense with making inventory.
  5. 53-7-34Failure to return a correct inventory.

Artículo 4. CLAIMS AGAINST OR IN FAVOR OF ESTATE

  1. 53-7-40Liability of estate; priority of claims.
  2. 53-7-41Notice for creditors to render accounts; notification of creditors’ claims; requirement of reasonable additional proof or accounting; failure of creditors to give notice of claims.
  3. 53-7-42Time for payment of debts; time for commencing action to recover debt.
  4. 53-7-43Compelling heirs or beneficiaries to contribute to payment of debt.
  5. 53-7-44Satisfaction of debts.
  6. 53-7-45Compromise of claims.

Artículo 5. DISCHARGE AND RESIGNATION

  1. 53-7-50Petition by personal representative for discharge; citation and publication; hearing; subsequently discovered estate.
  2. 53-7-51Discharge when funds unclaimed.
  3. 53-7-52Discharge of temporary administrator.
  4. 53-7-53Discharge obtained by fraud.
  5. 53-7-54Breach of fiduciary duty.
  6. 53-7-55Revocation of letters of personal representative or other sanctions.
  7. 53-7-56Resignation.

Artículo 6. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS · Parte 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  1. 53-7-60Jurisdiction.
  2. 53-7-61Filing of petition upon termination of personal representative.
  3. 53-7-62Appearance before court; failure of personal representative to appear; right to appeal.
  4. 53-7-63Making and enforcing final settlement.
  5. 53-7-64Accounting for income on property administered.
  6. 53-7-65Recordation of final receipts; admission in evidence.
  7. 53-7-66Refunding bonds.

Artículo 6. SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNTS · Parte 2. ANNUAL RETURNS AND INTERMEDIATE REPORTS

  1. 53-7-67Required annual filing; reporting period.
  2. 53-7-68Mailing of return to heirs and beneficiaries; relieving personal representative of duty to file return.
  3. 53-7-69Power of testator to dispense with necessity of return.
  4. 53-7-69.1Annual statement of receipts and disbursements.
  5. 53-7-70Examination and recordation of returns and vouchers; evidentiary effect.
  6. 53-7-71Return of nonresident or deceased personal representative.
  7. 53-7-72Docket of persons liable to make returns; failure to make returns.
  8. 53-7-73Filing and contents of intermediate report; notice to heirs and beneficiaries.
  9. 53-7-74Filing of objections to intermediate report; continuation of hearing; appeal.
  10. 53-7-75Construction of will by superior court.
  11. 53-7-76Judgment surcharging fiduciary.
  12. 53-7-77Conclusiveness of order on intermediate report.
  13. 53-7-78Taxing of costs.