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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 18-C, § 3-717: Corepresentatives; when joint action required, 2017

When multiple corepresentatives are appointed, they generally must act together on estate administration and distribution unless the will says otherwise.

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part 7 DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES

§ 3-717Corepresentatives; when joint action requiredProvision

When multiple corepresentatives are appointed, they generally must act together on estate administration and distribution unless the will says otherwise.

If 2 or more persons are appointed corepresentatives and unless the will provides otherwise, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected with the administration and distribution of the estate. This restriction does not apply when any corepresentative receives and receipts for property due the estate, when the concurrence of all cannot readily be obtained in the time reasonably available for emergency action necessary to preserve the estate or when a corepresentative has been delegated to act for the others. Persons dealing with a corepresentative if actually unaware that another has been appointed to serve with that corepresentative or if advised by the personal representative with whom they deal that the personal representative has authority to act alone for any of the reasons mentioned in this section are as fully protected as if the person with whom they dealt had been the sole personal representative. [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
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