Vermont Statutes
Chapter 61 - Executors and Administrators
§ 964. Liability for debts

§ 964. Liability for debts
A special administrator shall not be liable to an action by a creditor or to pay any debts of the deceased. With the consent of the Probate Division of the Superior Court, he or she may pay the expenses of the last sickness and the funeral expenses of the deceased and any bills against the estate of the deceased of his or her own contracting. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

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

§ 917. Power of regulation

§ 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

§ 930. Estate not willed

§ 931. Limitation on claims of creditors

§ 961. Special administrator; appointment when estate jeopardized; conduct of business

§ 962. Appointment in case of delay

§ 963. Powers

§ 964. Liability for debts

§ 965. Bond

§ 966. Powers to cease, when