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

(a) The order of final distribution shall be a conclusive determination as to the persons who are the successors in interest to that part of the estate of the decedent passing through the hands of the personal representative and as to the extent and character of their interests t…

If the final account is not approved, the court shall enter an order specifying wherein and the extent to which the account is not approved and directing a restatement of the account and such further action, if any, on the part of the personal representative as the court finds to…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, shares of the distributees shall abate for the payment of claims, legacies, the family allowances, the shares of pretermitted heirs, or the share of the surviving spouse who is entitled to and elects to take against the wi…

(a) When real or personal property which has been specifically devised or charged with a legacy shall be sold or taken by the personal representative for the payment of claims, general legacies, the family allowances, the shares of pretermitted heirs, or the share of a surviving …

(a) All questions of advancements made or alleged to have been made by an intestate to any heir may be heard and determined by the court at the time of the hearing on the petition for final distribution or at an earlier date if the court so directs. (b) The amount of every advanc…

(a) Unless the distribution or payment no longer can be questioned because of adjudication, estoppel, or limitations, a distributee of property improperly distributed or paid, or a claimant who was improperly paid, is liable to return any property improperly received, which is ot…

When a distributee of an estate is indebted to the estate, the amount of the indebtedness if due, or the present worth of the indebtedness, if not due, may be treated as an offset by the personal representative against any real or personal property of the estate to which the dist…

(a) Interest. Unless a contrary intent is indicated by will, if the estate is solvent, general legacies shall bear interest at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum, or the then-prevailing legal rate, beginning fifteen (15) months after commencement of administration, but not be…

As between the distributees, secured debts shall be discharged out of the general assets of the estate, subject to the right of a decedent to provide otherwise by will. However, nothing in this section shall preclude a secured creditor from having recourse to his or her security …

(a) When the estate is otherwise ready to be distributed, it may be distributed in kind, unless the terms of the will provide otherwise or unless a partition sale is ordered. (b) (1) Upon petition of an interested person, except as provided in subdivision (b)(2) of this section, …

(a) When two (2) or more distributees are entitled to distribution of undivided interests in any personal property of the estate, distribution shall be made of undivided interests therein unless the personal representative or one (1) or more of the distributees shall petition the…

(a) (1) If, upon the filing of a petition for an order of final distribution, it appears that any distributee of the estate cannot be found, or for any reason the personal representative is unable to deliver to a distributee his or her distributable share of the estate and obtain…

No part of the present law of escheats shall be repealed by the Probate Code.

(a) (1) Upon the filing of evidence satisfactory to the court that distribution has been made as directed in the order of final distribution, the court shall enter an order discharging the personal representative and his or her surety from further liability or accountability with…

(a) (1) If, after an estate has been settled and the personal representative discharged, other property of the estate is discovered, or if it appears that any necessary act remains unperformed on the part of the personal representative, or for any other proper cause, the court, u…

This subchapter shall not be deemed to create any implication of change in existing law or invalidate any distribution in kind made prior to March 6, 1967, with respect to which values other than those specified in this subchapter were used.

This subchapter shall be effective with respect to all wills and revocable inter vivos trusts executed or created before or after March 6, 1967, by persons dying on or after March 6, 1967, and to irrevocable inter vivos trusts created on or after March 6, 1967.

Whenever under any last will and testament or trust instrument of a decedent who is survived by a spouse, the executor, trustee, or other fiduciary is authorized to or required by the terms of such an instrument to satisfy a pecuniary bequest, including a pecuniary bequest in tru…

A provision in a last will and testament or trust instrument that an executor or fiduciary authorized or required by its terms to satisfy a pecuniary bequest or transfer in trust with assets in kind at their federal estate tax values or at any values other than fair market values…

(a) Whenever there is a provision in the will or governing instrument that an executor or fiduciary who is authorized or required by its terms to satisfy a pecuniary bequest or transfer in trust, with assets in kind at their federal estate tax values or at any value other than fa…