Article 18. CLAIMS; PAYMENT OF DEBTS AND FUNERAL EXPENSES  


Section 1802. Effect of failure to present claim If any claim is not presented on or before the day fixed in the notice published pursuant to the preceding section or if no notice is so published, within 7 months from the date of issue of letters, the fiduciary shall not be chargeable for any assets or moneys that he may have paid in good faith in satisfaction of any lawful claims or of any legacies or distributions to the legatees or distributees of the decedent before such claim was presented
Section 1803. Form and verification of claims; service of notice 1
Section 1804. Contingent or unliquidated claims; retention of assets for estate taxes 1
Section 1805. Determination of issues arising between representative and the estate; suspension of statute of limitations in certain cases 1
Section 1806. Allowance or rejection of claims 1
Section 1807. Effect of allowance of claim by fiduciary 1
Section 1808. Effect of rejection of claim by fiduciary 1
Section 1809. Proceeding to determine validity and enforceability of claims 1
Section 1810. Claimant's right to action at law or in equity Nothing in this article shall prevent a claimant from commencing an action on his claim at law or in equity, provided that where a claim has been presented and rejected or deemed rejected pursuant to 1806 in whole or in part the action must be commenced within 60 days after such rejection
Section 1811. Payment of debts and funeral expenses 1
Section 1812. Leave to issue execution against decedent's real property For the purpose of procuring a decree granting leave to issue execution against a decedent's real property a judgment creditor shall present to the court a verified petition showing the facts and praying for such decree and that the person whose interest in the property will be affected by a sale by virtue of the execution and the fiduciary of the judgment debtor may be required to show cause why it should not be granted
Section 1813. Disputed or unsettled debt or claim may be compromised, compounded or sold; compromise of infant's claim or action in supreme court 1
Section 1814. Application The provisions of this article are not applicable to trusts or the administration thereof