Mississippi Senate Bill 2860 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 91-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow A Will To Be Admitted To Probate As Muniment Of Title By Filing Signed And Sworn Petitions; To Amend Section 91-7-93, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Requirements And Procedure For Conducting And Filing An Inventory; To Amend Section 91-7-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Filing A Supplementary Inventory; To Amend Section 91-7-109, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Employing An Appraiser; To Amend Section 91-7-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Setting Apart Exempt Property; To Amend Section 91-7-135, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Setting Apart One Year's Support For Family; To Amend Section 91-7-141, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Apportioning One Year's Allowance; To Amend Section 91-7-255, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify A Fiduciary's Powers To Negotiate Paper; To Amend Section 91-7-277, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Filing An Annual Account Of Administration; To Amend Section 91-7-291, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Procedure For Filing A Final Account Of Administration; To Amend Section 91-7-322, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Definition Of Successor; To Amend Section 91-7-297, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Requirement Of Filing Or Producing Legal Vouchers For Final Examination And Decree Of The Court; To Increase The Value Of The Estate To $100,000.00; To Create New Section 91-7-90, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For A Statutory Order Of Abatement For The Shares Of Distributees Of The Property Of A Deceased; To Amend Sections 91-7-91, 91-7-191, 91-7-195, 91-7-199, 91-7-261 And 91-7-271, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Repeal Section 91-7-257, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Property Which Shall Not Be Removed From The State By An Executor Or Administrator; To Repeal Section 91-7-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Allows An Extension For Filing Appraisers' Reports And Sanctions; To Repeal Section 91-7-137, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Requiring The Filing Of The Appraisers' Reports; To Repeal Section 91-7-279, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Format For Filing Vouchers With The Court; To Repeal Sections 91-7-111, 91-7-115 And 91-7-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.

Executors and administrators; revise.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2860.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2860IN.htm