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.
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 684)
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§ 684. Rights of heir subsequently appearing
If a devisee, legatee, heir, widow, or other person, entitled to some portion or all
of an estate, appears within 17 years from the date of the decree and files a claim
with the Probate Division of the Superior Court that made the decree, and establishes
the claim to the estate, he or she shall have possession of the same to the extent
of the claim, or, if sold, the town shall be accountable to him or her for the avails,
after deducting reasonable charges for the care of the estate. If the claim is not
made within the time mentioned, it shall be barred. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)