Section 43-2-830 Devolution of estate at death; restrictions. (a) Upon the death of a person, decedent’s real property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by decedent’s last will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting the devolution of a testate estate, or […]
Section 43-2-831 Time of accrual of duties and powers. The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon appointment. The powers of a personal representative relate back in time to give acts by the person appointed which are beneficial to the estate occurring prior to appointment the same effect as those occurring thereafter. Prior […]
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. (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. 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. (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. 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 […]
Section 43-2-837 Duty of personal representative; possession of estate. Except as otherwise provided by a decedent’s will, every personal representative has a right to, and shall take possession or control of, the decedent’s property, except that any real property or tangible personal property may be left with or surrendered to the person presumptively entitled thereto […]
Section 43-2-838 Power to avoid transfers. The property liable for the payment of unsecured debts of a decedent includes all property transferred by the decedent by any means which is in law void or voidable as against creditors, and subject to prior liens, the right to recover this property, so far as necessary for the […]
Section 43-2-839 Powers of personal representatives; in general. Until termination of the appointment, a personal representative has the same power over the title to property of the estate, subject to Sections 43-2-843 and 43-2-844, that an absolute owner would have, in trust however, for the benefit of the creditors and others interested in the estate. […]
Section 43-2-840 Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty. If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper, the personal representative is liable to interested persons for damage or loss resulting from breach of the personal representative’s fiduciary duty to the same extent as a trustee of an express trust. The rights of […]
Section 43-2-841 Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions. Any sale or encumbrance to the personal representative, the personal representative’s spouse, agent or attorney, or any corporation or trust in which the personal representative has a substantial beneficial interest, or any transaction which is affected by a substantial conflict of interest on […]
Section 43-2-842 Persons dealing with personal representative; protection. A person who, in good faith, either assists a personal representative or deals with the personal representative for value is protected as if the personal representative properly exercised the power. The fact that a person knowingly deals with a personal representative does not alone require the person […]
Section 43-2-843 Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions. Except as restricted or otherwise provided by the will or by an order of court and subject to the priorities stated in Section 43-8-76, a personal representative, acting prudently for the benefit of the interested persons, may properly: (1) Retain assets owned by the decedent pending distribution […]
Section 43-2-844 Transactions authorized for personal representatives; prior court approval. Unless expressly authorized by the will, a personal representative, only after prior approval of court, may: (1) Acquire or dispose of an asset, including land in this or another state, for cash or on credit, at public or private sale; and manage, develop, improve, exchange, […]
Section 43-2-845 Powers and duties of successor personal representative. A successor personal representative has the same power and duty as the original personal representative to complete the administration and distribution of the estate, as expeditiously as possible, but a successor personal representative shall not exercise any power expressly made personal to the personal representative named […]
Section 43-2-846 Co-representatives; when joint action required. If two or more persons are appointed co-representatives and unless the will provides otherwise, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected with the administration and distribution of the estate. This restriction does not apply: (i) when any co-representative receives and receipts for property due the […]
Section 43-2-847 Powers of surviving personal representative. Unless the terms of the will otherwise provide, every power exercisable by personal co-representatives may be exercised by the one or more remaining after the appointment of one or more is terminated, and if one of two or more nominated as personal co-representatives is not appointed, those appointed […]
Section 43-2-848 Compensation of personal representative. (a) A personal representative is entitled to reasonable compensation for services as may appear to the court to be fair considering such factors that may include, but are not limited to, the novelty and difficulty of the administrative process, the skill requisite to perform the service, the likelihood that […]
Section 43-2-849 Expenses in estate litigation. If any personal representative or person nominated as personal representative defends or prosecutes any proceeding in good faith, whether successful or not, the personal representative is entitled to receive from the estate necessary expenses and disbursements, including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred. (Acts 1993, No. 93-722, […]
