§ 1739. Final decree of distribution or partition; bond
The Probate Division of the Superior Court shall not make a final decree of distribution or partition in an estate against which a person engaged in the military service of the United States and outside this State has a claim, until a bond is filed in the court by the creditors, heirs, legatees, or devisees or some one or more of them, in a sum and with sureties as the court directs, conditioned to pay the claimant the sum of money that is finally allowed him or her against the estate. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 77 - Decrees of Distribution or Partition of Estates
§ 1721. Distribution; court to order; persons entitled to shares may recover
§ 1722. Parties interested may have order on giving bond
§ 1723. Advancement; how asserted; what constitutes
§ 1724. Advancement reckoned toward heir’s share
§ 1725. Application of advancement
§ 1726. Advancement reckoned toward share of representative of deceased heir
§ 1727. Valuation of advancement
§ 1728. Court to determine questions of advancement
§ 1730. Partition of real estate in different counties
§ 1731. Partition unnecessary when parties agree
§ 1734. Partition when ownership has changed
§ 1735. Shares, how set out in partition
§ 1736. Severance from estate of third persons
§ 1737. When estate cannot be divided without injury; to be sold; procedure
§ 1739. Final decree of distribution or partition; bond
§ 1740. Payment of expenses; from estate, if sufficient
§ 1741. Parties to pay cost of partition, when
§ 1742. Record of decrees relating to real estate; where recorded