Section 43-2-832 – Priority Among Different Letters.
Section 43-2-832 Priority among different letters. A person to whom general letters are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until the appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters are afterwards issued to another, the first appointed personal representative may recover any property of the estate in the hands of the […]
Section 43-2-833 – General Duties; Relation and Liability to Persons Interested in Estate; Standing to Sue.
Section 43-2-833 General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue. (a) A personal representative is a fiduciary. Except as otherwise provided by the terms of the will, the personal representative shall observe the standards in dealing with the estate that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with the […]
Section 43-2-834 – Personal Representative to Proceed Without Court Order; Exception.
Section 43-2-834 Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception. A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent’s estate, and except as otherwise specified by law or ordered by the court, shall do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court, but the personal representative may invoke the […]
Section 43-2-835 – Duty of Personal Representative; Inventory and Appraisement.
Section 43-2-835 Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement. (a) Within two months after appointment, a personal representative, who is not a special administrator or a successor to another representative who has previously discharged this duty, shall file an inventory of property owned by the decedent at the time of death, listing it with reasonable […]
Section 43-2-836 – Duty of Personal Representative; Supplementary Inventory.
Section 43-2-836 Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory. If any property not included in the initial inventory comes to the knowledge of a personal representative or if the personal representative learns that the value or description indicated in the initial inventory for any item is erroneous or misleading, the personal representative shall make a supplement […]