Mississippi § 91-1-17 - Advancement to be brought into hotchpot.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 91-1-17 — Advancement to be brought into hotchpot., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 91-1-17. Advancement to be brought into hotchpot.
When any of the children of a person dying intestate, or their descendants, shall have received from such intestate, in his lifetime, any real or personal estate by way of advancement, and shall choose to come into the partition and distribution of the estate with the other parceners and distributees, such advancement, both of real and personal estate, shall be brought into hotchpot with the whole estate, real and personal, descended. Such party bringing such advancement into hotchpot shall thereupon be entitled to his or her proper portion of the whole estate descended, both real and personal; but such advancement shall be valued according to its value at the time said distributee received it.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 91-1-17 ("Advancement to be brought into hotchpot.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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