Prob. Code, § 11440 · Chapter 3. Allocation of Debts Between Estate and Surviving Spouse
Prob. Code, § 11440
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If it appears that a debt of the decedent has been paid or is payable in whole or in part by the surviving spouse, or that a debt of the surviving spouse has been paid or is payable in whole or in part from property in the decedent’s estate, the personal representative, the surviving spouse, or a beneficiary may, at any time before an order for final distribution is made, petition for an order to allocate the debt.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1990, Ch. 79.
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