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Section 3B:10-24 - Liability for acts of administration or distribution

NJ Rev Stat § 3B:10-24 (2019) (N/A)
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3B:10-24. Liability for acts of administration or distribution

A personal representative shall not be surcharged for acts of administration or distribution if the conduct in question was authorized at the time. Subject to other obligations of administration, a probated will is authority to administer and distribute the estate according to its terms. An order of appointment of a personal representative is authority to distribute apparently intestate assets to the heirs of the decedent if, at the time of distribution, the personal representative is not aware of a pending proceeding to probate a will or to determine heirs, a proceeding to vacate an order entered in an earlier proceeding to probate a will, a formal proceeding questioning his appointment or fitness to continue. Nothing in this section affects the duty of the personal representative to administer and distribute the estate in accordance with the rights of claimants and others interested in the estate.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:10-24, eff. May 1, 1982.

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