18-C §3-1007. Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance
§3-1007. Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance After the personal representative’s appointment has terminated, the personal representative, the personal representative’s sureties or any successor of either, upon the filing of a verified application showing, so far as is known by the applicant, that no action concerning the estate is pending in any court, is entitled […]
18-C §3-1008. Subsequent administration
§3-1008. Subsequent administration If other property of the estate is discovered after an estate has been settled and the personal representative discharged or after one year after a closing statement has been filed, the court upon petition of any interested person and upon notice as it directs may appoint the same or a successor personal […]
18-C §3-1101. Effect of approval of agreements involving trusts, inalienable interests or interests of 3rd persons
§3-1101. Effect of approval of agreements involving trusts, inalienable interests or interests of 3rd persons A compromise of any controversy as to admission to probate of any instrument offered for formal probate as the will of a decedent, the construction, validity or effect of any governing instrument, the rights or interests in the estate of […]
18-C §3-1102. Procedure for securing court approval of compromise
§3-1102. Procedure for securing court approval of compromise The procedure for securing court approval of a compromise is as follows. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] 1. Written, signed agreement. The terms of the compromise must be set forth in an agreement in writing […]
18-C §3-1201. Collection of personal property by affidavit
§3-1201. Collection of personal property by affidavit 1. Affidavit; duty to deliver property. Thirty days after the death of a decedent, any person indebted to the decedent or having possession of personal property or an instrument evidencing a debt, obligation, stock or chose in action belonging to the decedent shall make payment of the indebtedness […]
18-C §3-1202. Effect of affidavit
§3-1202. Effect of affidavit The person paying, delivering, transferring or issuing personal property or the evidence of personal property pursuant to affidavit is discharged and released to the same extent as if the person dealt with a personal representative of the decedent. The person is not required to see to the application of the personal […]
18-C §3-1203. Small estates; summary administrative procedure
§3-1203. Small estates; summary administrative procedure If it appears from the inventory and appraisal that the value of the entire estate, less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed homestead allowance, exempt property, family allowance, costs and expenses of administration, reasonable funeral expenses and reasonable and necessary medical and hospital expenses of the last illness of […]
18-C §3-1204. Small estates; closing by sworn statement of personal representative
§3-1204. Small estates; closing by sworn statement of personal representative 1. Verified statement; contents. Unless prohibited by order of the court and except for estates being administered by supervised personal representatives, a personal representative may close an estate administered under the summary procedures of section 3-1203 by filing with the court, at any time after […]
18-C §3-1205. Social security payments
§3-1205. Social security payments If not less than 30 days after the death of a Maine resident entitled at the time of the resident’s death to a monthly benefit or benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, all or part of the amount of such benefit or benefits not in excess of $1,000 […]
18-C §3-905. Penalty clause for contest
§3-905. Penalty clause for contest A provision in a will purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).] SECTION […]