CHAPTER 378

H.P. 102 - L.D. 93

An Act Regarding the Duties of a Personal Representative

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 18-A MRSA §3-706, as amended by PL 1979, c. 690, §§8 and 9, is further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

When an inventory has not been filed or furnished as required under this section and an interested party makes a prima facie case that property that should have been inventoried is now missing, the personal representative has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the specific property would properly be excluded from the inventory.