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2002 SESSION

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HB 315 Appointment of administrator of estate.

Introduced by: William J. Howell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Appointment of administrator of estate. Clarifies the rules and order for appointment of an administrator of an intestate estate. Existing law leaves it unclear how the court is to select among multiple distributees applying for letters of administration over a decedent’s estate. The bill confirms priority for the surviving spouse, if a sole distributee, and establishes that the first suitable distributee to seek to qualify after 30 days after the decedent’s death should be qualified by the clerk.

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/02 024835772  pdf
• 01/17/02  House: Printed as engrossed 024835772-E  pdf
• 02/21/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB315ER)  pdf
• 03/27/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

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HISTORY

• 01/09/02  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/02 024835772
• 01/09/02  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/14/02  House: Reported from C. J. with amendment (21-Y 0-N)
• 01/16/02  House: Read first time
• 01/17/02  House: Read second time
• 01/17/02  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 01/17/02  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/17/02  House: Printed as engrossed 024835772-E
• 01/18/02  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/02  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (96-Y 0-N)
• 01/18/02  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/21/02  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/21/02  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/13/02  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/02  Senate: Const. reading disp., passed by for the day (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/02  Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/02  Senate: Read third time
• 02/18/02  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/18/02  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/21/02  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB315ER)
• 03/07/02  House: Enrolled
• 03/07/02  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/07/02  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/22/02  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/02)
• 03/27/02  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0197)