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12-1.2 – Order of Liability; Preferences

§ 12-1.2 Order of liability; preferences (a) Distributees and testamentary beneficiaries are liable, as provided in 12-1.1, in the following order: (1) Distributees. (2) Residuary beneficiaries. (3) General beneficiaries. Demonstrative beneficiaries shall be treated as general beneficiaries, to the extent that the property or fund charged with a demonstrative disposition has adeemed. (4) Specific beneficiaries. […]