2013 District of Columbia Code
Division III — DECEDENTS' ESTATES AND FIDUCIARY RELATIONS
Title 20 — PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES
Chapter 9 — CLAIMS
Section 20-907 — Funeral expenses.

Where an estate is solvent and the will expressly empowers a personal representative to pay funeral expenses in an amount left to the personal representative's discretion, then no allowance from the Court shall be required. In all other cases, the Court may allow, in its discretion, funeral expenses of the decedent in excess of $1,500 according to the condition and circumstances of the decedent, but in no event shall such allowance exceed $5,000. However, the funeral expenses limit for a solvent estate may be waived if the waiver is in writing, signed by all heirs or legatees, and filed with the Register.

History
(June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155; Mar. 21, 1995, D.C. Law 10-241, § 3(hhh), 42 DCR 63.)

Annotations
Section References. This section is referenced in § 20-741.

Prior Codifications. 1981 Ed., § 20-907.

Legislative History of Law 3-72. For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-901.

Legislative History of Law 10-241. For legislative history of D.C. Law 10-241, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-905.

Editor's Notes Application of Law 10-241: See Application of Law 10-241 and Emergency act amendment notes to § 20-905.