De bonis non administratis
De bonis non administratis,Latinfor "of goods not administered," is a legal term for assets remaining in anestateafter the death or removal of the estateadministrator.The second administrator is called theadministratorde bonis nonand distributes the remaining assets. In the United States'sUniform Probate Code,these titles have been replaced bysuccessor personal representative.[1]
The most common cause of a grant ofde bonis nonby a court is where the administrator dies. However, it can also be granted in cases where the chain of representation is broken. Such would happen, for example, when theexecutorof a will has obtainedprobate,but then dies intestate. (Normally, if the executor dies testate, the representation passes to the executor of the first executor's estate upon probate of the latter's own will. This is governed by Section 7 of theAdministration of Estates Act 1925(15 & 16 Geo. 5.c. 23) in the United Kingdom.)[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Gordon W. Brown (2003)."The Personal Representative".Administration of Wills, Trusts, and Estates.Cengage Learning. p.286.ISBN9780766852815.
- ^Robert Mckeon (2001).Q & a on Succession.Cavendish Publishing Ltd. p. 216.ISBN1-85941-621-7.
Further reading
[edit]- William Selwyn(1838). "Of the Nature of the Interest of an Executor or Administrator in the Estate of the Deceased — In what Cases it is transmissible, and where an Administration de bonis non is necessary".An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius.London: J. & W. T. Clarke. pp. 786–787.
- John Bouvier (2004). "de bonis non".A Law Dictionary.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. p. 413.ISBN9781584773580.