The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
002
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SURVIVORS' RIGHTS AND ALLOWANCES
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 316)
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§ 316. Allowances for surviving spouse and family during administration
The Probate Division of the Superior Court may make reasonable allowance for the necessary
expenses of support and maintenance of the surviving spouse and minor children or
either, constituting the family of a decedent, out of the personal estate or the income
of real or personal estate from date of death until settlement of the estate, but
for no longer a period than until their shares in the estate are assigned to them
or, in case of an insolvent estate, for not more than eight months after administration
is granted. This allowance may take priority, in the discretion of the court, over
debts of the estate. (Added 2009, No. 55, § 5, eff. June 1, 2009; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)