§3-717. Corepresentatives; when joint action required
If 2 or more persons are appointed corepresentatives and unless the will provides otherwise, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected with the administration and distribution of the estate. This restriction does not apply when any corepresentative receives and receipts for property due the estate, when the concurrence of all cannot readily be obtained in the time reasonably available for emergency action necessary to preserve the estate or when a corepresentative has been delegated to act for the others. Persons dealing with a corepresentative if actually unaware that another has been appointed to serve with that corepresentative or if advised by the personal representative with whom they deal that the personal representative has authority to act alone for any of the reasons mentioned in this section are as fully protected as if the person with whom they dealt had been the sole 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
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