Title 28, — Appendix Administrative Order Number 12 — Official Probate Forms

If any person embezzles or converts to his or her own use any of the personal property of a decedent before the appointment of a personal representative, the person shall be liable to the estate for the value of the property so embezzled or converted. No person shall be charged a…

When any property is valueless, or is so encumbered, or is in such condition that it is of no benefit to the estate, the court may order the personal representative to abandon it.

(a) If a decedent has purchased any real or personal property and has neither completed the payments therefor, nor devised the property, nor provided by will for payment therefor, and the completion of the payments would be beneficial to the estate and not injurious to creditors,…

(a) If a decedent has mortgaged any real or personal property, or has pledged any personal property, or at the time of his or her death owns an equity of redemption, and he or she has neither devised the property nor provided by will for the redemption thereof, the court may orde…

(a) A personal representative of a grantor who has fraudulently conveyed or transferred any interest in real or personal property with intent to delay his or her creditors in the collection of their just demands may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to have the conveyanc…

(a) (1) Except as provided in this section, within two (2) months after his or her qualification or as the court may direct, a personal representative shall file a true and complete inventory of all property owned by the decedent at the time of his or her death, except such inter…

Nomination in a will of any person as executor shall not operate as a discharge or bequest of any right of action which the testator had against the executor, but the right of action, if it survives, shall be included in the inventory among the assets of the decedent.

(a) (1) Unless a testator shall otherwise direct by his or her last will and testament, a personal representative shall have authority to continue any business in which the decedent may have been engaged at the time of death for a period not exceeding one (1) month following the …

Upon a showing that such an action will be advantageous to the estate, the court may authorize the personal representative to borrow money, to execute notes and other legal evidences of indebtedness, and to mortgage property of the estate in accordance with the provisions of §§ 2…

(a) When a decedent shall have entered into a contract for the conveyance of real property or sale of specific personal property which was not performed during his or her lifetime, the court, upon petition of the personal representative, the purchaser, or other interested person,…

Subject to his or her primary duty to preserve the estate for prompt distribution and to the terms of the will, if any, the personal representative, whenever it is reasonable to do so, shall invest the funds of the estate and make them productive. The investments shall be restric…

A personal representative may, and when ordered by the court shall, deposit, as a fiduciary, the funds of the estate in a bank or banks of this state, as a general deposit, either in a checking account or a savings account.

(a) Except as otherwise directed by the decedent in his or her will, upon petition of a personal representative or guardian of the estate of an incompetent person, the personal representative or guardian shall have the authority, when authorized by the court:(1) To join with the …