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2011 Vermont Code
Title 14 Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 3 PROBATE AND PROCEDURE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WILLS
§ 104 Executor to present will and accept or refuse trust

Universal Citation:
14 VT Stats § 104. (2011 through Adj Sess)
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§ 104. Executor to present will and accept or refuse trust

A person named executor in a will and who has knowledge thereof shall file a petition to open the decedent's estate in the probate division of the superior court where venue lies. If the person so named learns of the nomination prior to the testator's death, the petition shall be filed within 30 days of learning of the death. If learned after the testator's death, the petition shall be filed within 30 days of learning of being named executor. The person shall notify the court in the petition, or in another writing if a petition has been previously filed, whether the appointment as executor will be accepted by that person. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), { 15; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)

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