12-2.1 – Action Not Impaired by Failure of Creditor or Other Person to Present Claim to Representative as Prescribed by Law

§ 12-2.1 Action  not impaired by failure of creditor or other person  to
         present claim to representative as prescribed by law
The failure of the plaintiff to present  his  claim  to  the  personal
  representative  as  prescribed  by  law  shall  not  impair his right to
  maintain an action against distributees  or  testamentary  beneficiaries
  under  this  article; but nothing contained herein shall extend the time
  limited for the commencement of an action to enforce plaintiff's claim.