California Probate Code 10552 – The personal representative has the power to do all of the …
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The personal representative has the power to do all of the following:
(a) Allow, pay, reject, or contest any claim by or against the estate.
Terms Used In California Probate Code 10552
- Claim: means a demand for payment for any of the following, whether due, not due, accrued or not accrued, or contingent, and whether liquidated or unliquidated:
California Probate Code 9000
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Personal representative: means executor, administrator, administrator with the will annexed, special administrator, successor personal representative, public administrator acting pursuant to Section 7660, or a person who performs substantially the same function under the law of another jurisdiction governing the person's status. See California Probate Code 58
(b) Compromise or settle a claim, action, or proceeding by or for the benefit of, or against, the decedent, the personal representative, or the estate.
(c) Release, in whole or in part, any claim belonging to the estate to the extent that the claim is uncollectible.
(d) Allow a claim to be filed after the expiration of the time for filing the claim.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 862, Sec. 29. Effective January 1, 1997.)