2011 Vermont Code
Title 14 Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 61 EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS
§ 903 Administration; to whom granted

§ 903. Administration; to whom granted

If an executor is not named in the will, or if a person dies intestate, administration shall be granted:

(1) To the surviving husband or wife, as the case may be, or next of kin or both, or to such person as such surviving husband or wife or next of kin request to have appointed;

(2) If such surviving husband or wife, as the case may be, or next of kin or the persons selected by them are unsuitable, or if the widow or the next of kin neglects for 30 days after the death of the person to apply for administration or to request that administration be granted to some other person, it may be granted to one or more of the principal creditors, if competent and willing to serve;

(3) If there is not such a creditor competent and willing to serve, the same may be committed to such other person as the probate division of the superior court may appoint;

(4) To such person as to the court shall seem suitable upon application of the reputed owner of land formerly owned by such deceased person, in case the title to such land is not clear. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), { 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)