Title 20 — Probate and Administration of Decedents’ Estates. [Enacted title]
8 chapters · 117 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 20-1101 Renunciation; legatee or heir
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 20-1102 Distribution in kind; valuation; method
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Subject to the terms of any will and the needs of administration, the personal representative shall distribute the assets of a decedent’s estate in kind to the extent possible through application of the following provisions: (a) A specific legatee shall receive distribution of th…
D.C. Code § 20-1103 Distribution in kind; assignment, transfer and release of property
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If distribution in kind is made, the personal representative shall, upon the request of the distributee, execute and deliver an instrument of distribution assigning, transferring, or releasing property to the distributee as evidence of the distributee’s title to the property. Dis…
D.C. Code § 20-1104 Distribution; effect
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Proof that a distributee has received an instrument or deed of distribution of assets in kind from the personal representative is conclusive evidence that the distributee has succeeded to the interest of the estate in the distributed assets, as against all interested persons, exc…
D.C. Code § 20-1105 Petition for purpose of distribution
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When two or more heirs or legatees are entitled to distribution of undivided interests in any property of the estate, the personal representative or one or more of the heirs or legatees may petition the Court, prior to the closing of the estate, to make partition. After notice to…
D.C. Code § 20-1106 Distribution to a minor
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(a) If a personal representative is required to distribute assets of an estate to a minor, and if the will contains a direction or grants discretion to the personal representative with regard to the manner of making such a distribution, then the personal representative shall make…
D.C. Code § 20-1107 Distribution to fiduciary for nonresident person under legal disability other than minority
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If a fiduciary has been appointed for a nonresident person under a legal disability other than minority and if such fiduciary has filed copies of such appointment and an order authorizing such fiduciary to receive such distribution authenticated pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sec. 1738 , …
D.C. Code § 20-1108 Certain formula clauses to be construed to refer to federal estate and generation-skipping transfer tax rules applicable to estates of decedents dying on December 31, 2009
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(a)(1) A will or trust of a decedent who dies after December 31, 2009 and before January 1, 2011, that contains a formula referring to the “unified credit,” “estate tax exemption,” “applicable exemption amount,” “applicable credit amount,” “applicable exclusion amount,” “generati…