SECTION 3-503. SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION; EFFECT ON OTHER
PROCEEDINGS.
(a) The pendency of a proceeding for supervised administration of a decedent’s estate stays action on any informal application then pending or thereafter filed.
(b) If a will has been previously probated in informal proceedings, the effect of the filing of a petition for supervised administration is as provided for formal testacy proceedings by Section 3-401.
(c) After he has received notice of the filing of a petition for supervised administration, a personal representative who has been appointed previously shall not exercise his power to distribute any estate. The filing of the petition does not affect his other powers and duties unless the court restricts the exercise of any of them pending full hearing on the petition.
Comment
The duties and powers of personal representative are described in Part 7 of this article.
(a) The pendency of a proceeding for supervised administration of a decedent’s estate stays action on any informal application then pending or thereafter filed.
(b) If a will has been previously probated in informal proceedings, the effect of the filing of a petition for supervised administration is as provided for formal testacy proceedings by Section 3-401.
(c) After he has received notice of the filing of a petition for supervised administration, a personal representative who has been appointed previously shall not exercise his power to distribute any estate. The filing of the petition does not affect his other powers and duties unless the court restricts the exercise of any of them pending full hearing on the petition.
Comment
The duties and powers of personal representative are described in Part 7 of this article.
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The ability of a personal representative to create a good title in a purchaser of estate assets is not
hampered by the fact that the personal representative may breach a duty created by statute, court
order or other circumstances in making the sale. See Section 3-715. However, formal
proceedings against a personal representative may involve requests for qualification of the power
normally possessed by personal representatives which, if granted, would subject the personal
representative to the penalties for contempt of court if he disregarded the restriction. See Section
3-607. If a proceeding also involved a demand that particular real estate be kept in the estate
pending determination of a petitioner’s claim thereto, notice of the pendency of the proceeding
could be recorded as is usual under the jurisdiction’s system for the lis pendens concept.
The word “restricts” in the last sentence is intended to negate the idea that a judicial order specially qualifying the powers and duties of a personal representative is a restraining order in the usual sense. The section means simply that some supervised personal representatives may receive the same powers and duties as ordinary personal representatives, except that they must obtain a court order before paying claimants or distributing, while others may receive a more restricted set of powers. Section 3-607 governs petitions which seek to limit the power of a personal representative.
The word “restricts” in the last sentence is intended to negate the idea that a judicial order specially qualifying the powers and duties of a personal representative is a restraining order in the usual sense. The section means simply that some supervised personal representatives may receive the same powers and duties as ordinary personal representatives, except that they must obtain a court order before paying claimants or distributing, while others may receive a more restricted set of powers. Section 3-607 governs petitions which seek to limit the power of a personal representative.
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