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Section 45-3-503 - Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings.

NM Stat § 45-3-503 (2019) (N/A)
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A. The pendency of a proceeding for supervised administration of a decedent's estate stays action on any informal application then pending or thereafter filed.

B. If a will has been previously probated in informal proceedings, the effect of the filing of a petition for supervised administration is as provided for formal testacy proceedings by Section 3-401 [45-3-401 NMSA 1978].

C. After he has received notice of the filing of a petition for supervised administration, a personal representative who has been appointed previously shall not exercise his power to distribute any estate. The filing of the petition does not affect his other powers and duties unless the district court restricts the exercise of any of them pending full hearing on the petition.

History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-503, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-503.

Official comments. — See Commissioners on Uniform State Law official comment to 3-503 UPC.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 33 C.J.S. Executors and Administrators § 63.

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