Maine Revised Statutes
Part 7: DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES
18-C §3-710. Power to avoid transfers

§3-710. Power to avoid transfers
The property liable for the payment of unsecured debts of a decedent includes all property transferred by the decedent by any means that is in law void or voidable as against the decedent's creditors, and, subject to prior liens, the right to recover this property, so far as necessary for the payment of unsecured debts of the decedent, is exclusively in the personal representative. The personal representative is not required to institute such an action unless requested by creditors, who must pay or secure the cost and expenses of litigation.   [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