Maine Revised Statutes
Part 7: DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
18-C §3-701. Time of accrual of duties and powers

§3-701. Time of accrual of duties and powers
The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon appointment. The powers of a personal representative relate back in time to give acts by the person appointed that are beneficial to the estate occurring prior to appointment the same effect as those occurring after appointment. Subject to the priorities of Title 22, section 2843-A, prior to appointment, a person named executor in a will may carry out written instructions of the decedent relating to the decedent's body, funeral and burial arrangements. A personal representative may ratify and accept acts on behalf of the estate done by others where the acts would have been proper for a personal representative.   [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).

Structure Maine Revised Statutes

Maine Revised Statutes

TITLE 18-C: PROBATE CODE

Article 3: PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION

Part 7: DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

18-C §3-701. Time of accrual of duties and powers

18-C §3-702. Priority among different letters

18-C §3-703. General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue

18-C §3-704. Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception

18-C §3-705. Duty of personal representative; information to heirs and devisees

18-C §3-706. Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisal

18-C §3-707. Employment of appraisers

18-C §3-708. Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory

18-C §3-709. Duty of personal representative; possession of estate

18-C §3-710. Power to avoid transfers

18-C §3-711. Powers of personal representatives; in general

18-C §3-712. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty

18-C §3-713. Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions

18-C §3-714. Persons dealing with personal representative; protection

18-C §3-715. Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions

18-C §3-716. Powers and duties of successor personal representative

18-C §3-717. Corepresentatives; when joint action required

18-C §3-718. Powers of surviving personal representative

18-C §3-719. Compensation of personal representative

18-C §3-720. Expenses in estate litigation

18-C §3-721. Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate