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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 1729

  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Personal estate: shall include all property other than real estate. See
  • Probate: Proving a will

§ 1729. Partition

When the real or personal estate assigned to two or more heirs, devisees, or legatees is in common and undivided, and their respective shares are not separated and distinguished, partition and distribution of the estate shall be made pursuant to 12 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 179 or, if the court consents, by the Probate Division of the Superior Court upon application by any interested heir, devisee, or legatee, and shall be conclusive on all persons interested. (Amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 84; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)