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TITLE II
CHAPTER 197
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PART II
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
(Chapters 183 through 210)
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TITLE II
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION, WILLS, ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS AND ABSENTEES, GUARDIANSHIP, CONSERVATORSHIP AND TRUSTS
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CHAPTER 197
PAYMENT OF DEBTS, LEGACIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES
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Section 1
Executor or administrator, defined
Section 2
Time of payment
Section 2A
Repealed, 1989, 329, Sec. 4
Section 3
Payment; defense against further claims
Section 4
New claims; insufficient assets; payment
Section 5
Preferred claims; payment; actions by unsecured creditors
Section 6
Debts due executors or administrators; settlement; arbitration
Section 7
Debts due executors or administrators; settlement by court
Section 8
Joint liability of deceased
Section 9
Commencement of action; service of process; action against trustee; recovery of medical assistance payments
Section 9A
Actions for personal injuries or death; limitations; satisfaction of judgment restricted
Section 10
Barred claims; procedure
Section 11
New assets; effect on unsatisfied creditors; extension of time
Section 12
Defective actions; extension of time
Section 13
Unliquidated claims; presentment for payment
Section 14
Unliquidated claims; conclusiveness of judgment
Section 15
Unliquidated claims; actions
Section 16
Unliquidated claims; pleadings
Section 17
Repealed, 1989, 329, Sec. 8
Section 18
Repealed, 1989, 329, Sec. 9
Section 19
Legacies; actions to recover
Section 20
Interest; rates; time payable
Section 21
Payment of certain legacies; indemnity for repayment
Section 22
Partial distribution
Section 23
Class legacies
Section 24
Distributive shares, enforcement of payment
Section 25
Debts due estate; set-off against legacies
Section 25A
Lifetime gifts as satisfaction of legacy
Section 26
Annuities, etc.; commencement of use or payment
Section 27
Repealed, 2005, 129, Sec. 1
Section 28
General provisions
Section 29
Recovery against heirs; exemption through will
Section 30
Death of heir, next of kin, devisee or legatee; effect
Section 31
Suit in equity; liability of several heirs
Section 32
Improper parties defendants; effect
Section 33
Insolvency of person liable for debt; effect
Section 34
Nonpayment by one heir; rights of others
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