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Vermont Statutes Title 14. Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations, § 1852. Motion for waiver of administration; order

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A motion for waiver of administration may be submitted to the Probate Division of the Superior Court with the petition to open the estate or at any time before an accounting is due. The motion shall be made under oath and shall state that:

(1)(A) if the decedent died testate, the moving party is the sole beneficiary of the decedent's estate, and has been nominated and proposes to serve as sole executor; or

(B) if the decedent died intestate, the moving party is the sole heir of the decedent's estate and proposes to serve as sole administrator;

(2) the moving party is the sole fiduciary of the estate;

(3) the decedent owned no real property in the State of Vermont; and

(4) the administration of the estate will be complete without supervision by the Probate Division of the Superior Court in accordance with the decedent's will and applicable law.

(b) The court may grant the motion to waive further administration if it finds that:

(1) the moving party is the only estate beneficiary under the will of a decedent or the only heir of a decedent who died intestate;

(2) the moving party is the sole fiduciary of the estate; and

(3) the decedent owned no real property in the State of Vermont.

(c) If the court grants a motion to waive further administration filed under subsection (a) of this section, it shall issue an order waiving the duty to file an inventory, waiving or discharging the fiduciary bond, and dispensing with further filing with the court other than the final affidavit of administration.

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