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District of Columbia Official Code 2001 Edition. |
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Division III. Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations. |
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Title 20. Probate and Administration of Decedents' Estates. |
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Chapter 5. The Personal Representative and Special Administrator; Appointment, Control and Termination of Authority. |
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Subchapter II. Several Personal Representatives.
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A successor personal representative shall have the same powers and duties as the original personal representative including the powers granted in the will but excluding any power that the will expressly made personal to the personal representative named in the will.
(June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 20-511.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-501.
(a) When two or more persons are appointed copersonal representatives, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected with the administration and distribution of the estate; except, for: (1) giving receipts for or receiving property due the estate; (2) in emergency situations, when all personal representatives cannot reasonably be consulted in the time available; (3) when a personal representative has validly delegated power to act to a copersonal representative; and (4) when the will or a statute provides otherwise.
(b) Persons dealing with a copersonal representative without knowledge that such representative is not the sole personal representative shall be as fully protected as if the person with whom they dealt had been the sole personal representative.
(c) If a personal representative delegates power to act to a copersonal representative, such delegation shall not reduce such representative's fiduciary responsibility.
(June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 20-512.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-501.
Unless the will otherwise provides: (a) when the appointment of a copersonal representative is terminated, the remaining copersonal representative or representatives may exercise all powers previously exercised by the copersonal representatives; and (b) when one of two or more persons nominated by the will as copersonal representatives is not appointed by the Court, those appointed may exercise all the powers of the office.
(June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 101, 27 DCR 2155.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 20-513.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 3-72, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 20-501.
