Section 33-18-20. – Compromise of actions prosecuted or defended by interested persons — Property recovered.
§ 33-18-20. Compromise of actions prosecuted or defended by interested persons — Property recovered. Courts of probate shall have the power to compromise all claims sued for or defended by any legally interested person referred to in §§ 33-18-17 — 33-18-19 in the same manner and to the same extent as may now be done […]
Section 33-18-21. – Recording of documents in court.
§ 33-18-21. Recording of documents in court. Any paper or instrument discharging a claim or purporting to acknowledge the performance of a duty or the payment of money, for which an executor, administrator, or guardian is chargeable or accountable in a probate court, shall, upon the request of a party interested, be recorded in the […]
Section 33-18-22. – Release by good faith delivery of property under court order.
§ 33-18-22. Release by good faith delivery of property under court order. Whenever any person acting as executor, administrator, custodian, or guardian shall make payments or deliver property or estate pursuant to the order of a probate court having jurisdiction, after the expiration of the time within which an appeal lies from the order and […]
Section 33-18-23. – Bona fide transfer of property to executor, administrator, or guardian.
§ 33-18-23. Bona fide transfer of property to executor, administrator, or guardian. All persons making or permitting to be made any payment or transfer bona fide upon any official certificate of appointment of any executor, administrator, or guardian, issued by the probate court in respect of the estate of any deceased person or ward, shall […]
Section 33-18-24. – Transfer of corporate securities and mortgages by foreign fiduciary.
§ 33-18-24. Transfer of corporate securities and mortgages by foreign fiduciary. Any corporation organized under the laws of this state may, before having actual notice of the pendency of an application in this state for letters testamentary, of administration, or guardianship, permit the executor of the will or administrator of the estate of a decedent […]
Section 33-18-25. – Payment of debt or delivery of property to foreign fiduciary.
§ 33-18-25. Payment of debt or delivery of property to foreign fiduciary. Any person or corporation in this state, before having actual notice of the pendency of an application in this state for letters testamentary of administration or guardianship may pay any money owing or deliver any personal property belonging to the estate of any […]
Section 33-18-26. – Action by foreign executor or administrator — Prerequisites.
§ 33-18-26. Action by foreign executor or administrator — Prerequisites. If a corporation refuses to permit a transfer as provided in § 33-18-24 or a person indebted refuses to pay, or having possession refuses to deliver personal property as permitted in § 33-18-25, the executor or administrator, if there is no executor or administrator appointed […]
Section 33-18-27. – Perpetuation by fiduciary of evidence of payments and delivery — Final discharge.
§ 33-18-27. Perpetuation by fiduciary of evidence of payments and delivery — Final discharge. If an executor, administrator, or guardian has paid or delivered to the persons entitled thereto the money or other property in his or her hands as required by a decree of a probate court, he or she may perpetuate the evidence […]
Section 33-18-28. – Decree ratifying payment or delivery by fiduciary without order.
§ 33-18-28. Decree ratifying payment or delivery by fiduciary without order. If, without an order of court, an executor, administrator, or guardian pays or delivers any money or other property in his or her hands to a legatee, distributee, or ward, and thereafter renders an account, upon oath, with a full and detailed statement, to […]
Section 33-18-29. – Deposit of unclaimed funds in court — Payment by court.
§ 33-18-29. Deposit of unclaimed funds in court — Payment by court. If money, which a decree of a probate court has ordered to be paid over, remains for six (6) months unclaimed, the executor, administrator, or guardian who was ordered to pay over the money may deposit it in the registry of the probate […]