Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 14 Sec. 2842

  • Personal estate: shall include all property other than real estate. See
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein, and pews or slips in places of public worship shall be treated as real estate. See

§ 2842. Realty to be taken when personalty exhausted

The personal estate of the ward shall be first used for the payment of his or her debts. If the personal estate and the income of his or her real estate are not sufficient, such expenses and debts shall be paid out of the real estate, when sold, according to law.