Vermont § 1852 - Motion for waiver of administration; order
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 1852 — Motion for waiver of administration; order, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1852. Motion for waiver of administration; order
- (a) A motion for waiver of administration may be submitted to the Probate Division of
the Superior Court with the petition to open the estate or at any time before an accounting
is due. The motion shall be made under oath and shall state that: (1)(A) if the decedent died testate, the moving party is the sole beneficiary of the decedent’s
estate, and has been nominated and proposes to serve as sole executor; or (B) if the decedent died intestate, the moving party is the sole heir of the decedent’s
estate and proposes to serve as sole administrator; (2) the moving party is the sole fiduciary of the estate; (3) the decedent owned no real property in the State of Vermont; and (4) the administration of the estate will be complete without supervision by the Probate
Division of the Superior Court in accordance with the decedent’s will and applicable
law. (b) The court may grant the motion to waive further administration if it finds that: (1) the moving party is the only estate beneficiary under the will of a decedent or the
only heir of a decedent who died intestate; (2) the moving party is the sole fiduciary of the estate; and (3) the decedent owned no real property in the State of Vermont. (c) If the court grants a motion to waive further administration filed under subsection
(a) of this section, it shall issue an order waiving the duty to file an inventory,
waiving or discharging the fiduciary bond, and dispensing with further filing with
the court other than the final affidavit of administration. (Added 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 1852 ("Motion for waiver of administration; order") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. 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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