§ 920. Liability of executor; rights on return
After the administration and distribution, the executor or administrator shall not be liable to the person so absent and unheard from in any action for the recovery of the estate. If the absent person proves to be alive, he or she shall be entitled to his or her estate notwithstanding a settlement and distribution made pursuant to section 919 of this title, and may bring an action to recover any portion of the estate that anyone received as a result of the settlement and distribution. (Amended 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