TN 9 (06-13)
GN 02315.084 Policy for Vermont Small Estates
Vermont Statutes Annotated, Title14, sections 1901-1903, provide that if a decedent
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dies with no real estate,
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has personal property with an appraised true cash value at the date of death which
amounts to no more than $10,000, and
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has a surviving spouse, children of any age, or parents,
then a petition may be filed with the Probate Court for the appointment of an administrator
or executor of that estate. See VT. STAT. ANN. Tit. 14, §1901-1903 (2011).
That petition should contain
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a true and complete inventory of the decedent’s estate sworn to by the petitioner,
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a copy of the death certificate,
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a receipt showing that the funeral expenses of the deceased have been paid, or a personal
bond in an amount determined by the judge of probate to be reasonable, conditioned
for the payment of the funeral expenses of the deceased, within one year from the
date of death, and
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