§ 917a. Termination of appointment
(a) Termination of appointment of an executor or administrator ends the rights and powers pertaining to the office as conferred by law, the Rules of Probate Procedure, or any will or trust. Termination does not discharge an executor or administrator from liability for transactions or omissions occurring before termination, or relieve the executor or administrator of the duty to preserve assets subject to the executor’s or administrator’s control, or to account for and deliver assets. Termination does not affect the jurisdiction of the Probate Division of the Superior Court over the fiduciary, but terminates the estate fiduciary’s authority.
(b) The appointment of an executor or administrator is terminated:
(1) upon death;
(2) when the estate is closed as provided by the Rules of Probate Procedure;
(3) after resignation upon the appointment of a successor estate fiduciary and delivery of the assets to the successor; or
(4) upon removal by the Probate Division of the Superior Court. (Added 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 14 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 61 - Executors and Administrators
§ 902. Will allowed; letters to executor
§ 903. Administration; to whom granted
§ 904. Nonresident executor or administrator
§ 905. Appeal to the Civil Division of the Superior Court
§ 906. Bond; amount, conditions
§ 908. Bonds of joint administrators and executors
§ 909. Executor refusing trust or not giving bond
§ 910. When executor is a minor
§ 913. Death or removal of executor or administrator
§ 914. Power of new administrator
§ 915. Appointment of administrator to act with survivor
§ 916. Powers of administrator appointed to act with survivor
§ 917a. Termination of appointment
§ 918. One of the coexecutors disqualified, others may act
§ 919. Persons unheard from for five years; settlement of estate
§ 920. Liability of executor; rights on return
§ 921. Property of persons serving in armed force — Absent persons, conservator
§ 922. Powers of conservator; bond
§ 923. Termination of conservatorship
§ 924. Revocation of letters of administration—When will discovered
§ 925. Powers of executor of discovered will
§ 926. Revocation of letters not to avoid acts under them
§ 927. Executor or administrator of deceased partner—access to books
§ 928. Probate Division of the Superior Court may compel compliance
§ 929. Buildings to be kept in repair
§ 931. Limitation on claims of creditors
§ 961. Special administrator; appointment when estate jeopardized; conduct of business