Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C. Probate Code § 3-808. Individual liability of personal representative

1. Contractual liability. Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a personal representative is not individually liable on a contract properly entered into in a fiduciary capacity in the course of administration of the estate unless the personal representative fails to reveal the representative capacity and identify the estate in the contract.

2. Liability for ownership or control of property; torts. A personal representative is individually liable for obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate or for torts committed in the course of administration of the estate only if the personal representative is personally at fault.

3. Proceedings against personal representative in fiduciary capacity.Claims based on contracts entered into by a personal representative in a fiduciary capacity, on obligations arising from ownership or control of the estate or on torts committed in the course of estate administration may be asserted against the estate by proceeding against the personal representative in a fiduciary capacity, whether or not the personal representative is individually liable.

4. Allocating liability between estate and personal representative. Issues of liability as between the estate and the personal representative individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge or indemnification or other appropriate proceeding.