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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1552

  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executor: includes administrator with the will annexed. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See

§ 1552. Person entrusted with estate may be compelled to render account

On motion of an executor or administrator, the court may order a person who is entrusted by an executor or administrator with any part of the estate of the deceased person to appear under oath and render a full accounting of the property. If the person so ordered refuses to appear and render an account, the person may be subject to proceedings for civil contempt under 12 V.S.A. § 122. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 72; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)