Vermont § 1402 Sum recovered paid to person entitled thereto

Vermont Statutes

§ 1402 — Sum recovered paid to person entitled thereto

Vermont § 1402

Title 14Title 14: Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations

Ch. 71Chapter 071: Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators

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Bluebook

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 1402 (2026).

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When an executor or administrator commences or prosecutes an action founded on a debt, demand, or claim for damages, and is only a trustee of the claim for the use of another person, and where the claim, although prosecuted in the name of the executor or administrator, belongs to another person, the sum or property recovered shall not be assets in the hands of the executor or administrator, but shall be paid over to the person entitled to them, after deducting or being paid the costs and expenses of the prosecution. (Amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)

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When an executor or administrator commences or prosecutes an action founded on a debt, demand, or claim for damages, and is only a trustee of the claim for the use of another person, and where the claim, although prosecuted in the name of the executor or administrator, belongs to another person, the sum or property recovered shall not be assets in the hands of the executor or administrator, but shall be paid over to the person entitled to them, after deducting or being paid the costs and expenses of the prosecution. (Amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)