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V.I. Code tit. 15, § 525 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 25 - Sale of Property by Executors or Administrators|Subchapter II - Purchase Contracts, Mortgages, and Transactions to Defraud Creditors|§ 525. Transactions to delay, hinder or defraud creditors

 (a) Whenever the assets of the estate are insufficient to satisfy the funeral charges, expenses of administration, and claims against the estate, and the deceased in his lifetime has made or suffered any conveyance, transfer, or sale of any property, real or personal, or any right or interest therein, with intent to delay, hinder, or defraud creditors, or when such conveyance, transfer, or sale has been so made or suffered that the same is void in law as against creditors, or when the deceased in his lifetime has suffered, consented or procured any judgment or decree to be given against him with such intent or in such manner as to be likewise void, the executor or administrator shall make application by petition to the court for leave to commence and prosecute to final judgment or decree the necessary and proper actions or proceedings to have the conveyance, transfer, sale, or judgment declared void, and the property affected thereby discharged from the effect thereof. (b) If upon the application it appears to the court that the assets are insufficient for the purposes specified in the subsection (a) of this section, and that it is probable that the conveyance, transfer, or judgment was made, suffered, consented to, or procured with the intent or in the manner specified in such subsection, it shall make the order directing the proceedings to be commenced and prosecuted as to any or all of the matters alleged in the petition and necessary to supply the deficiency in the assets. (c) The property recovered by means of any proceeding in pursuance of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be sold and appropriated to supply the deficiency mentioned in subsection (a) of this section in the same manner as other like property. The right to or interest in the surplus, if any, remains as if such proceeding had not been allowed or commenced.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 601 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 601. Survival of actions

 Subject to the provisions of sections 76 and 77 of Title 5, causes of action by one person against another, whether arising on contract or otherwise, survive to the personal representatives of the former and against the personal representatives of the latter. When the cause of action survives, as herein provided, the executors or administrators may maintain an action thereon against the party against whom the cause of action accrued, or, after his death, against his personal representatives.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 602 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 602. Actions against several executors or administrators

 In action against several executors or administrators, they shall be considered as one person, representing their testator or intestate, and judgment may be given and execution issued against all of them who are defendants in the action, although the summons is served only on part of them, in the same manner and with the like effect as if served on all, except as provided in section 603 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 603 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 603. Effect of judgment given for want of answer

 When a judgment is given against an executor or administrator for want of an answer, such judgment is not to be deemed evidence of assets in his hands unless it appears that the complaint alleged assets and that the summons was served upon him.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 604 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 604. Defenses of executors and administrators

 In an action against executors or administrators in which the fact of their having administered the estate of their testator or intestate or any part thereof is put in issue and the inventory of the property of the deceased returned by them is given in evidence the same may be contradicted or avoided by evidence that— (1) any property has been omitted in such inventory or was not returned therein at its full value or that since the return thereof such property has increased in value; or (2) such property has perished or been lost without the fault of the executors or administrators or that it has been fairly and duly sold by them at a less price than the value so returned, or that since the return of the inventory such property has deteriorated in value. In such an action, the defendants can not be charged for any things in action specified in their inventory unless it appears that they have been collected or with due diligence might have been.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 605 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 605. Liability of executor of his own wrong

 No person is liable to an action as executor of his own wrong for having taken, received, or interfered with the property of a deceased person, but is responsible to the executors or administrators of such deceased person for the value of all property so taken or received and for all injury caused by his interference with the estate of the deceased.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 606 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 606. Commencement of action against executor or administrator

 (a) An action may be commenced against an executor or administrator at any time after the expiration of twelve months from the granting of letters testamentary or of administration and until the final settlement of the estate and discharge of such executor or administrator from the trust, and not otherwise. (b) An action against an executor or administrator shall not be commenced until the claim of the plaintiff has been duly presented to such executor or administrator and by him disallowed. If such claim is presented after the expiration of the period of six months mentioned in sections 391 and 392 of this title, the executor or administrator in an action therefor shall only be liable to the extent of the assets in his hands at the time the summons is served upon him.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 607 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter I - Actions by or Against Executors and Administrators|§ 607. Right of arrest and attachment as applied to executors and administrators

 In an action against an executor or administrator as such, the provisional remedies of arrest and attachment shall not be allowed on account of the acts of his testator or intestate, but for his own acts as such executor or administrator such remedies shall be allowed for the same causes and in like manner and with like effect as in actions generally.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 641 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 641. Actions of equitable nature by or against executors and administrators

 The provisions of subchapter I of this chapter, excepting section 601 of this title, shall apply to actions of an equitable nature by and against executors and administrators, except as in this subchapter otherwise or specially provided. All causes of action of an equitable nature by one person against another, however arising, survive to the personal representatives of the former and against the person representatives of the latter. When the cause of action survives, as herein provided, the executors or administrators may maintain an action of an equitable nature thereon against the party against whom the cause of action accrued, or after his death against the personal representatives.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 642 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 642. Action by creditor against next of kin

 (a) The next of kin of a deceased person are liable to an action by a creditor of the estate to recover the distributive shares received out of such estate, or to so much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy his debt. The action may be against all the next of kin jointly or against any one or more of them severally. (b) In such an action the plaintiff may recover the value of all the assets received by all the defendants in the action, if necessary to satisfy the debt. The amount of the recovery shall be apportioned among the defendants, in proportion to the value of the assets received by each. No allowance or deduction shall be made from such amount on account of there being other next of kin to whom assets have also been delivered. (c) Any one of the next of kin against whom a recovery is had pursuant to subsection (b) of this section may maintain an action against all the other next of kin of the deceased person to whom any such assets have been delivered jointly, or against any of them separately for a just and equal contribution.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 643 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 643. Action by creditor against legatees

 Legatees are liable to an action by a creditor of the testator to recover the value of any legacy received by them. The action may be maintained against all the legatees jointly or against any one or more of them severally. In such an action the plaintiff shall not recover unless he shows that— (1) no assets were delivered by the executor or administrator of the testator to his next of kin; or, (2) the value of such assets has been recovered by some other creditor; or, (3) such assets are not sufficient to satisfy the demand of the plaintiff. In the case referred to in clause (3) of this section, he shall recover only the deficiency. The whole amount which the plaintiff shall recover shall be apportioned among all the legatees of the testator in proportion to the value of their legacies, respectively, and only that proportion shall be recovered of each legatee.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 644 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 644. Recovery in action against several next of kin or legatees

 (a) In an action against several next of kin or legatees jointly for assets delivered to them, if a recovery is had against such next of kin or legatees, the cost of the action shall be apportioned among the several defendants in proportion to the amount recovered against each of them. (b) A decree against several next of kin or legatees shall be satisfied as to any one of them by the payment or satisfaction of the amount recovered against such defendant.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 645 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 645. Action by creditor against heirs and devisees

 Heirs and devisees are liable to an action by a creditor of a deceased person to recover the debt of their ancestor or testator to the extent of the value of any real property inherited by or devised to them. If such action is against the heirs, all the heirs who are liable shall be made parties to the action.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 646 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 646. Liability of heirs

 (a) Heirs are not liable for the debt of their ancestor or creditor unless it appears that the personal assets of the deceased were insufficient to discharge it, or that after due proceedings the creditor has been unable to collect the debt from the personal representatives of the deceased, or from his next of kin or legatees. If the personal assets were sufficient to pay a part of the debt, or in case a part thereof shall have been collected, the heirs of such deceased person are liable for the residue. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not affect the liability of heirs for a debt of their ancestors where such debt was by his will expressly charged exclusively on the real properties descended to such heirs, or where such debt is by the will expressly directed to be paid out of the real property descended before resorting to the personal property.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 647 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 647. Liability of devisee

 (a) A devisee shall not be liable to the creditor of his testator unless it appears that the personal assets of the testator and the real property descended to his heirs were insufficient to discharge the debt, or unless it appears that after due proceedings the creditor has been unable to recover the debt, or any part thereof from the personal representatives of the testator or from his next of kin, legatees, or heirs. (b) In either of the cases specified in subsection (a) of this section, the amount of the deficiency of the personal assets, and of the real property descended to satisfy the debt of the plaintiff, or the amount which such plaintiff may have failed to recover from the personal representatives of the testator, his next of kin, legatees, and heirs, may be recovered of the devisees of such testator, to the extent of the value of the real property devised to them respectively. (c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not affect the liability of devisees for a debt of their testator where such debt was by his will expressly charged exclusively upon the real property devised, or by the terms of the will made payable by the devisee, or out of the real property devised, before resorting to the personal property or to any other real property descended or devised.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 648 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 648. Liability of next of kin, legatees, heirs and devisees

 In cases where the next of kin, legatees, heirs, and devisees are liable for the debts of their ancestors, as provided in this subchapter, they shall be liable therefor without other priority or preference than such ancestors would have been. The word “debt”, as used in this subchapter, shall be construed to include all claims for the payment of money which survive against the personal representatives of the deceased, as provided in section 641 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 649 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 649. Enforcement of judgment against heir or devisee

 A judgment against an heir or devisee on account of the debt of his ancestor or testator may be enforced by execution against the real property shown to have descended to their heir or devisee, and not otherwise. Such judgment shall have preference as a lien on such real property to any judgment or decree obtained against such heir or devisee on account of a debt or demand due in his own right.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 650 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 650. Status of real property aliened by heir or devisee

 When it appears in an action provided for in section 645 of this title that before the commencement thereof the heir or devisee has aliened the real property descended to him, or any part thereof, he shall be personally liable for the value of the property so aliened, and a judgment may be given against him therefor, to be enforced by execution, as if the judgment were for his own debt. No real property aliened in good faith and for a valuable consideration by an heir or devisee before action commenced against him is liable to an execution for the debt of his ancestor or testator, or in any manner affected by the judgment therefor against such heir or devisee.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 651 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 29 - Actions by or Against Executors, Administrators, Legatees, Heirs and Devisees|Subchapter II - Actions of an Equitable Nature|§ 651. Apportionment of debt among several heirs or legatees

 In an action against several heirs jointly or several devisees jointly, the amount which the plaintiff recovers must be apportioned among all the heirs of the ancestor or devisees of the testator in proportion to the value of the real property descended or devised, and such proportion only can be recovered of each heir or devisee.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1141 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter I - Definition of Terms|§ 1141. Definitions

 (a) As used in this chapter— “testamentary trustee” means a trustee serving under a trust created by a will of a testator domiciled in this jurisdiction at the time of his death whose will has been admitted to probate in this jurisdiction, whether the trustee was appointed by the testator or by a court or other authority; “non-testamentary trustee” means a trustee serving under a trust created in this jurisdiction otherwise than by a will, whether the trustee was appointed by the settlor or by a court or other authority; “trustee” includes trustees, a corporate as well as a natural person, a successor or substitute trustee, and the successor in interest of a deceased sole trustee; “beneficiary” includes a beneficiary under the trust, a person who is entitled to the trust capital at the termination of the trust and a surety on the bond of the trustee; “settlor” includes the creator of a testamentary as well as a non-testamentary trust; “relative” means a spouse, ancestor, descendant, brother, or sister; and “affiliate” means any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by another person, or any person under direct or indirect common control with another person. It includes any person with whom a trustee has an express or implied agreement regarding the purchase of trust investments by each from the other, directly or indirectly. (b) This chapter shall not apply to resulting trusts, constructive trusts, business trusts where certificates of beneficial interest are issued to the beneficiaries, investment trusts, voting trusts, insurance trusts prior to the death of the insured, trusts in the nature of mortgages or pledges, trusts created by judgment or decree of a federal or Superior Court, liquidation trusts, or trust for the sole purpose of paying dividends, interest or interest coupons, salaries, wages or pensions.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1161 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1161. Testamentary trust inventory

 Within thirty days after it is the duty of the first qualifying testamentary trustee to take possession of the trust property he shall file with the court where the will was admitted to probate, an inventory under oath, showing by items all the trust property which shall have come to his possession or knowledge.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1163 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1163. Final accounting

 Within 30 days after the termination of every testamentary trust the trustee, and in the case of the transfer of the trusteeship due to the death, resignation, removal, dissolution, merger or consolidation of a sole trustee the successor in interest of the old trustee, shall file with the court where the will was admitted to probate a final account under oath, showing for the period since the filing of the last account the facts required by section 1162 of this title regarding intermediate accountings and in case of termination of the trust the distribution of the trust property which the accountant proposes to make.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 1164 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part III - Fiduciary Relations|Chapter 59 - Accounting by Trustees|Subchapter II - Testamentary Trusts|§ 1164. Distribution accounting

 Within 30 days after the distribution of the trust property by the testamentary trustee he shall file in the court where the final account was filed a distribution account of the trust property which he has distributed and the receipts of the distributees.