Chapter

Article 3: PROBATE OF WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-101— Devolution of estate at death; restrictions
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-102— Necessity of order of probate for will
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-103— Necessity of appointment for administration
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-104— Claims against decedent; necessity of administration
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-105— Proceedings affecting devolution and administration; jurisdiction of subject matter
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-106— Proceedings within the jurisdiction of court; service; jurisdiction over persons
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-107— Scope of proceedings; proceedings independent; exception
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-108— Probate, testacy and appointment proceedings; ultimate time limit
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-109— Statutes of limitation on decedent's cause of action
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-110— Discovery of property
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-201— Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-202— Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-203— Priority among persons seeking appointment as personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-204— Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-301— Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-302— Informal probate; duty of register; effect of informal probate
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-303— Informal probate; proof and findings required
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-304— Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-305— Informal probate; register not satisfied
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-306— Informal probate; notice requirements
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-307— Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of register; effect of appointment
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-308— Informal appointment proceedings; proof and findings required
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-309— Informal appointment proceedings; register not satisfied
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-310— Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-311— Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-401— Formal testacy proceedings; nature; when commenced
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-402— Formal testacy or appointment proceedings; petition; contents
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-403— Formal testacy proceeding; notice of hearing on petition
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-404— Formal testacy proceedings; written objections to probate
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-405— Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-406— Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-407— Formal testacy proceedings; burdens in contested cases
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-408— Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-409— Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-410— Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-411— Formal testacy proceedings; partial intestacy
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-412— Formal testacy proceedings; effect of order; vacation
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-413— Formal testacy proceedings; vacation of order for other cause
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-414— Formal proceedings concerning appointment of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-501— Supervised administration; nature of proceeding
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-502— Supervised administration; petition; order
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-503— Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-504— Supervised administration; powers of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-505— Supervised administration; interim orders; distribution and closing orders
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-601— Qualification
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-602— Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-603— Bond not required without court order; exceptions
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-604— Bond amount; security; procedure; reduction
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-605— Demand for bond by interested person
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-606— Terms and conditions of bonds
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-607— Order restraining personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-608— Termination of appointment; general
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-609— Termination of appointment; death or disability
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-610— Termination of appointment; voluntary
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-611— Termination of appointment by removal; cause; procedure
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-612— Termination of appointment; change of testacy status
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-613— Successor personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-614— Special administrator; appointment
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-615— Special administrator; who may be appointed
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-616— Special administrator; appointed informally; powers and duties
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-617— Special administrator; formal proceedings; power and duties
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-618— Termination of appointment; special administrator
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-619— Public administrators
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-701— Time of accrual of duties and powers
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-702— Priority among different letters
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-703— General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-704— Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-705— Duty of personal representative; information to heirs and devisees
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-706— Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisal
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-707— Employment of appraisers
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-708— Duty of personal representative; supplementary inventory
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-709— Duty of personal representative; possession of estate
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-710— Power to avoid transfers
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-711— Powers of personal representatives; in general
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-712— Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-713— Sale, encumbrance or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-714— Persons dealing with personal representative; protection
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-715— Transactions authorized for personal representatives; exceptions
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-716— Powers and duties of successor personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-717— Corepresentatives; when joint action required
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-718— Powers of surviving personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-719— Compensation of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-720— Expenses in estate litigation
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-721— Proceedings for review of employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-801— Notice to creditors
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-802— Statutes of limitations
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-803— Limitations on presentation of claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-804— Manner of presentation of claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-805— Classification of claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-806— Allowance of claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-807— Payment of claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-808— Individual liability of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-809— Secured claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-810— Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-811— Counterclaims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-812— Execution and levies prohibited
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-813— Compromise of claims
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-814— Encumbered assets
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-815— Administration in more than one state; duty of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-816— Final distribution to domiciliary representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-817— Survival of actions
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-818— Damages limited to actual damages
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-901— Successors' rights if no administration
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-902— Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-903— Right of retainer
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-904— Interest on general pecuniary devise
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-905— Penalty clause for contest
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-906— Distribution in kind; valuation; method
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-907— Distribution in kind; evidence
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-908— Distribution; right or title of distributee
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-909— Improper distribution; liability of distributee
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-910— Purchasers from distributees protected
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-911— Partition for purpose of distribution
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-912— Private agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-913— Distributions to trustee
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-914— Disposition of unclaimed assets
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-915— Distribution to person under disability
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-916— Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1001— Formal proceedings terminating administration; testate or intestate; order of general protection
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1002— Formal proceedings terminating testate administration; order construing will without adjudicating testacy
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1003— Closing estates; by sworn statement of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1004— Liability of distributees to claimants
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1005— Limitations on proceedings against personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1006— Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1007— Certificate discharging liens securing fiduciary performance
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1008— Subsequent administration
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1101— Effect of approval of agreements involving trusts, inalienable interests or interests of 3rd persons
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1102— Procedure for securing court approval of compromise
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1201— Collection of personal property by affidavit
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1202— Effect of affidavit
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1203— Small estates; summary administrative procedure
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1204— Small estates; closing by sworn statement of personal representative
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 18-C, § 3-1205— Social security payments