2010 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
TITLE 8 - CLAIMS OF CREDITORS
Subtitle 1 - General
Section 8-101 - Claim not paid in normal course of administration.
§ 8-101. Claim not paid in normal course of administration.
(a) Before administration.- Except as provided in § 8-104, a proceeding to enforce a claim against an estate of a decedent may not be revived or commenced before the appointment of a personal representative.
(b) During administration.- After appointment and until the estate is closed, the procedure prescribed by § 8-104 shall be followed.
(c) After administration.- After the estate is closed, a creditor whose claim has not been barred may recover directly from the persons to whom property has been distributed as provided in § 10-102, or from a former personal representative individually as provided in § 10-103.
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 8-101; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1989, ch. 496, § 1.]
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