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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1656

  • 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
  • Personal estate: shall include all property other than real estate. See
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 1656. Estate sold to pay debts and legacies in other states

When the sale of real or personal estate is not necessary to pay the debts of the deceased person in this State, and it appears to the Probate Division of the Superior Court by the records and proceedings of a Probate Division in another state that the estate of the deceased in the other state is not sufficient to pay the debts and legacies in that state, the Probate Division of the Superior Court in this State may license the executor or administrator to sell the real or personal estate for the payment of debts and legacies in the other state, in the same manner as provided for the payment of debts and legacies in this State. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)