Any notice to show cause published or posted in pursuance of the requirements of § 64.2-556 may be substantially in the form following:

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Terms Used In Virginia Code 64.2-557

  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Personal representative: includes the executor under a will or the administrator of the estate of a decedent, the administrator of such estate with the will annexed, the administrator of such estate unadministered by a former representative, whether there is a will or not, any person who is under the order of a circuit court to take into his possession the estate of a decedent for administration, and every other curator of a decedent's estate, for or against whom suits may be brought for causes of action that accrued to or against the decedent. See Virginia Code 64.2-100

Virginia: In the _______________ Court of _______________

the __________ day of _______________

Re: ____________________, deceased.

SHOW CAUSE ORDER

It appearing that a report of the accounts of ____________________, Personal Representative of the estate of ____________________, deceased, and of the debts and demands against (his) (her) estate has been filed in the Clerk’s Office, and that six months have elapsed since the qualification, on motion of ____________________, (a distributee;) (a legatee😉 (the personal representative😉 IT IS ORDERED that the creditors of, and all others interested in, the estate do show cause, if any they can, on the __________ day of _______________ (before this Court at its courtroom) at ____________________ against the payment and delivery of the Estate of ____________________, deceased, to (the distributees) (the legatees) (without requiring refunding bonds) (with or without refunding bonds as the Court prescribes).

A Copy — Teste:
________________________________________
Clerk

________________________________________, p.q.

Code 1950, § 64-170; 1968, c. 656, § 64.1-180; 2012, c. 614.