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D.C. Code § 16-3102

Settlement of accounts as prima facie evidence only

Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 598, Pub

Except as provided by section 16-3111 , in actions:

(1) for an accounting, by legatees or next to kin against personal representatives, or wards against their guardians; or

(2) to subject the real estate of decedents to the payment of their debts, by creditors against personal representatives, or against heirs or devisees —

a prior settlement of accounts in the Probate Court is only prima facie evidence as to the correctness of the accounts.

Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.