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Title 14 : Decedents Estates and Fiduciary Relations
Chapter 111 : GUARDIANSHIP
Subchapter 005 : PAYMENT OF DEBTS OF WARD
(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 2841)-
§ 2841. Limiting time for payment of debts
When a ward owes debts at the time of the appointment of his or her guardian, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may allow the guardian a reasonable time, not exceeding one year, to dispose of the estate and collect the demands for the ward and pay such debts. In the discretion of the court, such time may be extended so as not to exceed two years in the whole. (Amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)
