The document discusses the requirements for inventory and appraisal of a decedent's estate according to Rule 83. It states that an inventory and appraisal must be returned within three months of being granted letters testamentary or administration. It also notes that certain articles like clothing, bedding, and provisions for family subsistence do not need to be inventoried. The document outlines that legitimate spouses and children of the decedent are entitled to monetary allowances during estate proceedings, but grandchildren are not.
The document discusses the requirements for inventory and appraisal of a decedent's estate according to Rule 83. It states that an inventory and appraisal must be returned within three months of being granted letters testamentary or administration. It also notes that certain articles like clothing, bedding, and provisions for family subsistence do not need to be inventoried. The document outlines that legitimate spouses and children of the decedent are entitled to monetary allowances during estate proceedings, but grandchildren are not.
The document discusses the requirements for inventory and appraisal of a decedent's estate according to Rule 83. It states that an inventory and appraisal must be returned within three months of being granted letters testamentary or administration. It also notes that certain articles like clothing, bedding, and provisions for family subsistence do not need to be inventoried. The document outlines that legitimate spouses and children of the decedent are entitled to monetary allowances during estate proceedings, but grandchildren are not.
PROVISION FOR SUPPORT OF FAMILY SECTION 1. Inventory and Appraisal to be returned within three (3) months
• Inventory and appraisal must be made within
three (3) months from the grant of letters testamentary or of administration. • Approval of an inventory is not a conclusive determination of what assets constituted the decedent’s estate and of the valuation thereof.
• Property claimed by third persons may be
included in the inventory as part of the assets of the estate and the probate court may order such inclusion. SECTION 2. Certain articles not to be inventoried – Wearing apparel of the surviving spouse and minor children; – Marriage bed and bedding; – Provisions and other articles as will necessarily be consumed in the subsistence of the family of the deceased. SECTION 3. Allowance to Widow and Family • Allowance refers to the monetary advances which are subject to collation and are likewise deductible from their share in the estate of the decedent. • Persons entitled to allowance during proceedings: – Legitimate surviving spouse – Children of the decedent
Jane W. Holbrook and First National Bank of Arizona, Co-Executors of The Estate of William Wraith, JR., Deceased v. United States, 575 F.2d 1288, 1st Cir. (1978)