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§ 15-12-501. Supervised Administration – Nature of Proceedings

Supervised administration is a single in rem proceeding to secure complete administration and settlement of a decedent’s estate under the continuing authority of the court which extends until entry of an order approving distribution of the estate and discharging the personal representative or other order terminating the proceeding. A supervised personal representative is responsible to […]

§ 15-12-502. Supervised Administration – Petition – Order

A petition for supervised administration may be filed by any interested person or by a personal representative at any time, or the prayer for supervised administration may be joined with a petition in a testacy or appointment proceeding. If the testacy of the decedent and the priority and qualification of any personal representative have not […]

§ 15-12-503. Supervised Administration – Effect on Other Proceedings

The pendency of a proceeding for supervised administration of a decedent’s estate stays action on any informal application then pending or thereafter filed. If a will has been previously probated in informal proceedings, the effect of the filing of a petition for supervised administration is as provided for formal testacy proceedings by section 15-12-401. After […]

§ 15-12-504. Supervised Administration – Powers of Personal Representative

Unless restricted by the court, a supervised personal representative has, without interim orders approving exercise of a power, all powers of personal representatives under this code, but he shall not exercise his power to transfer, surrender, or release estate assets to a distributee without prior order of the court. Any other restriction on the power […]

§ 15-12-505. Supervised Administration – Interim Orders – Distribution and Closing Orders

Unless otherwise ordered by the court, supervised administration is terminated by order in accordance with time restrictions, notices, and contents of orders prescribed for proceedings under section 15-12-1001. Interim orders approving or directing partial distributions or granting other relief may be issued by the court at any time during the pendency of a supervised administration […]