The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 14 : Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 079 : Conveyance when Record Holder Deceased
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 1802)-
§ 1802. Determination by court of persons entitled to estate
If the court determines that the heirs or personal representatives of the deceased person are not at the time of the hearing in possession of the real estate and are not entitled to reenter it or to institute and maintain a suit to recover possession of it, the court shall adjudge and decree that the real estate constitutes no beneficial part of the estate of the deceased person and may appoint an administrator to convey the record title of the real estate to the person or persons adjudged by the court to be legally entitled to it. (Amended 2017, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
