Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2107
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2107
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
- Executor: includes administrator with the will annexed. See
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Probate: Proving a will
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
§ 2107. Discharge of executor, administrator, trustee, guardian; account; exoneration of surety
When an executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian has paid and delivered over to the persons entitled to it the money or other property in his or her hands as required by a decree of the Probate Division of the Superior Court, he or she may perpetuate the evidence thereof by presenting to the court within one year after the decree is made or within a time thereafter that the court allows, an account of the payment or the delivery over of the property. If it is proved to the satisfaction of the court and verified by the oath of the accountant, the account shall be allowed as his or her final discharge and ordered to be recorded. The discharge shall forever exonerate the accountant and his or her sureties from liability under the decree, unless his or her account is impeached for fraud or manifest error. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 13.)