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V.I. Code tit. 15, § 273 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 17 - Administration of Partnership Property|§ 273. Bond of partnership administrator

 The undertaking of the administrator of a partnership shall be in a sum not less than the value of the partnership property and shall be given in the same manner and be to the same effect as the undertaking of a general administrator.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 274 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 17 - Administration of Partnership Property|§ 274. Powers and duties of partnership administrator

 If the surviving partner apply therefor, as provided in section 272 of this title, he is entitled to the administration of the partnership estate if he has the qualifications and competency required for a general administrator. He is denominated an administrator of the partnership, and his powers and duties extend to the settlement of the partnership business generally and the payment or transfer of the interest of the deceased in the partnership property remaining after the payment or satisfaction of the debts and liabilities of the partnership to the executor or general administrator within six months from the date of his appointment, or such further time, if necessary, as the court may allow. In the exercise of his powers and the performance of his duties the administrator of the partnership is subject to the same limitations and liabilities and control and jurisdiction of the court as a general administrator.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 275 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 17 - Administration of Partnership Property|§ 275. Administration by other than surviving partner

 In case the surviving partner is not appointed administrator of the partnership, the administration thereof devolves upon the executor or general administrator. Before entering upon the duties of the administration, the executor or general administrator shall give an additional undertaking in the value of the partnership property.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 276 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 17 - Administration of Partnership Property|§ 276. Duties of surviving partner

 (a) Every surviving partner, on the demand of an executor or administrator of a deceased partner, shall exhibit and give information concerning the property of the partnership at the time of the death of the deceased partner, so that the same may be correctly inventoried and appraised; and in case the administration thereof devolves upon the executor or administrator, the survivor shall deliver or transfer to him on demand all the property of the partnership, including all books, papers, and documents pertaining to the same, and shall afford him all reasonable information and facilities for the performance of the duties of his trust. (b) Any surviving partner who refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section may be cited to appear before the court and unless he shows cause to the contrary the court shall require him to comply with such subsection in the particular complained of.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 311 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 311. Right to possession of property

 The executor or administrator is entitled to the possession and control of the property of the deceased both real and personal and to receive the rents and profits thereof until the administration is completed, or the same is surrendered to the heirs or devisees by order of the court; but where such property, or any portion thereof, is in the possession of a third person, by virtue of a valid subsisting lease or bailment, the possession and control of the executor or administrator is subordinate to the right of the lessee or bailee. During the time the property is in the possession or control of the executor or administrator, he shall keep the same in repair and preserve it from loss or decay as far as possible.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 312 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 312. Filing of inventory

 An executor or administrator shall within one month from the date of his appointment, or such further time as the court may allow, make and file with the clerk of the court an inventory, verified by his oath, of all the real and personal property of the deceased which comes to his possession or knowledge.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 313 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 313. Contents of inventory

 The inventory referred to in section 312 of this title shall contain an account of all money belonging to the deceased, or a statement that none has come to the possession or knowledge of the executor or administrator. It shall also contain a statement of all debts due the deceased, the written evidence thereof, and the security therefor, if any exists, specifying the name of each debtor, the date of each written evidence of debt, the security therefor, the sum originally payable, the indorsements thereon, if any, and their dates, and the sum appearing then to be due thereon.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 314 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 314. Appraisal of property

 (a) Before the inventory referred to in section 312 of this title is filed, the property therein specified which is in this territory shall be appraised at its true cash value by two disinterested and competent persons, who shall be appointed by the court. (b) Before making the appraisement, the appraisers shall each make and subscribe an affidavit, to be filed with the inventory, to the effect that he will honestly and impartially appraise the property which is exhibited to him according to the best of his knowledge and ability. (c) The appraisers shall appraise each article of property separately and set down the value thereof in dollars and cents opposite the entry of the article in the inventory. Money, of whatever nature, that is a legal tender is to be appraised at its nominal value; but debts of all descriptions or kinds are to be appraised at that sum which, in the judgment of the appraisers, may be realized from them by due process of law. When the appraisement is completed, the inventory shall be signed by the appraisers.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 315 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 315. Inventory of claims of testator against executor

 The naming of any one as executor in a will shall not operate to discharge such executor from any claim which the testator had against him, but the claim shall be included in the inventory. If the person so named afterwards takes upon himself the administration of the estate, he shall be liable for such sum as for so much money in his hands at the time the claim became due and payable; otherwise he is liable for such claim as any other debtor of the deceased.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 316 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 316. Discharge or bequest of debt in will

 The discharge or bequest in a will of any claim of the testator against a person named as executor therein, or against any other person, shall, as against the creditors of the deceased, be invalid. Such claim shall be included in the inventory, and for all purposes of administration is to be deemed and treated as a specific legacy of that amount.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 317 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 317. Newly discovered property

 If, after the filing of the inventory, property not mentioned therein shall come to the knowledge or possession of the executor or administrator, he shall immediately make an inventory thereof and cause the same to be appraised in the manner prescribed in this chapter and file the same with the clerk of the court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 318 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 318. Concealing, secreting or disposing of property

 (a) Whenever it appears probable from the affidavit of an executor or administrator, or of an heir or other person interested in the estate, that any person has concealed or in any way secreted or disposed of any property of the estate, or any writing relating or pertaining thereto, or that such person has knowledge of any such property or writing being so concealed, secreted or disposed of, and refuses to disclose the same to the executor or administrator, the court upon the application of such executor or administrator, may cite such person to appear and answer under oath concerning the matter charged. (b) Such examination may be oral or upon written interrogatories filed by the applicant, but in either case the answers of the person cited shall be reduced to writing and subscribed by him and filed. (c) If the person so cited refuses to appear or answer such interrogatories as may be allowed to be put to him touching the matter charged, he may be punished for a contempt or may at once be committed, by the warrant of the judge, to jail, there to remain in close custody until he submits to the order of the court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 319 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 319. Examination of persons entrusted with property

 The court, upon the application of the executor or administrator, may cite any person who has been intrusted with any of the property of the deceased to appear and answer concerning the same when it appears probable that such person refuses or neglects to render to the executor or administrator a true account thereof. The application shall be made and the proceeding conducted in a manner prescribed in section 318 of this title.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 320 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 19 - Inventory and Appraisal|§ 320. Embezzlement of decedent's property

 If any person, before administration is granted, embezzles, aliens, or in any way converts to his own use any of the property of a deceased person, he shall be liable to the executor or administrator in double the amount of damages which may be assessed.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 351 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 21 - Support of Widow and Minor Children|§ 351. Possession before inventory

 Until administration of the estate has been granted and the inventory filed, the widow and minor children of the deceased are entitled to remain in possession of the homestead, of all the wearing apparel of the family, and of all the household furniture of the deceased. They are also entitled to have a reasonable provision allowed for their support during such period, to be allowed by the court.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 352 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 21 - Support of Widow and Minor Children|§ 352. Property set apart after inventory

 Upon the filing of the inventory, the court shall make an order setting apart for the widow or minor children of the deceased, if any, all the property of the estate by law exempt from execution. The property thus set apart, if there be a widow, is her property, to be used or expended by her in the maintenance of herself and minor children, if any; or if there be no widow, it is the property of the minor child or, if more than one, of the minor children, in equal shares, to be used and expended in the nurture and education of such child or children by the guardian thereof as the law directs.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 353 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 21 - Support of Widow and Minor Children|§ 353. Right to additional allowance

 If the property set apart as provided in section 352 of this title is insufficient for the support of the widow and minor children, according to their circumstances and condition in life, for one year after the filing of the inventory, the court may order that the executor or administrator pay to such widow, if any, and if not, then to the guardian of such minor children, an amount sufficient for that purpose.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 354 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 21 - Support of Widow and Minor Children|§ 354. Estates insufficient for family support

 If, from the inventory of an intestate's estate, who died leaving a widow or minor children, it appears that the value of the estate does not exceed property exempt from execution, upon the filing of the inventory the court shall make an order providing that the whole of the estate, after the payment of funeral expenses and expenses of administration, be set apart for such widow or minor children in like manner, and with like effect as in case of property exempt from execution. There shall be no further proceeding in the administration of such estate unless further property is discovered.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 355 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 21 - Support of Widow and Minor Children|§ 355. Status of estate in absence of widow or children

 If an intestate leaves neither widow nor minor children, all the property of the estate is assets in the hands of the administrator, for the payment of funeral expenses, expenses of administration, payment of the debts of the deceased, or distribution according to law.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 356 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 21 - Support of Widow and Minor Children|§ 356. Rights of widow as to dwelling house and sustenance

 A widow may remain in the dwelling house of her husband one year after his death without being chargeable with the rent therefor, and shall have reasonable sustenance out of the estate for one year.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 561 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 561. Frequency and content of accounts

 An executor or administrator shall, within three months from the date of the notice of his appointment, and every three months thereafter until the administration is completed and he is discharged from his trust, render an account, verified by his own oath, and file the same with the court. The account shall show the amount of the money received and expended by him, from whom received and to whom paid, with the proper vouchers for such payments, the amount of the claims presented against the estate and allowed or disallowed and the name of the claimants of each, and any other matter necessary to show the condition of the affairs thereof.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 562 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 562. Court order to appear and account

 An executor or administrator who fails to file an account, as required in section 561 of this title, may be required by a citation, or ordered by the court to appear and do so, either upon the application of an heir or creditor, or other person interested in the estate, or without it. If the executor or administrator refuses or neglects to appear when cited, or to file the account as required, he may be punished as for a contempt, or by warrant of the court be committed to jail until he consents to do so.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 563 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 563. Determination of sufficiency of estate

 Within thirty days after the filing of the first quarterly account pursuant to section 561 of this title, and at each quarterly account thereafter, the court shall ascertain and determine if the estate is sufficient, after payment of funeral charges and expenses of administration, to satisfy the claims allowed by the executor or administrator, within the first three months or any succeeding period of three months thereafter, after the date of the notice of his appointment. If sufficient, it shall order payment of such claims. If the estate is insufficient for that purpose, it shall ascertain what per centum of such claims it is sufficient to satisfy, and order and direct accordingly.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 564 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 564. Filing of final account

 (a) When the estate is fully administered the executor or administrator shall file his final account. Such account shall be verified and shall contain a detailed statement of the amount of money received and expended by him, from whom received and to whom paid, and refer to the vouchers for such payments, and amount of money and property, if any remaining unexpended or unappropriated. Upon the filing of the final account, the court shall make an order directing notice thereof to be given in the same manner as the notice of an appointment of an executor or administrator, and appoint a day not less than thirty days subsequent thereto for the hearing of objections to such final account and the settlement thereof. (b) Before the time appointed for the hearing and settlement of a final account the executor or administrator shall file with the court a copy of the notice thereof, with the proper proof of its publication or posting as directed. An executor or administrator who fails to file his final account as provided in subsection (a) of this section may be proceeded against in like manner and with like effect as provided in section 562 of this title in case of failure to file a quarterly account.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 565 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 565. Objections to final account

 An heir, creditor, or other person interested in the estate may, on or before the day appointed for the hearing and settlement referred to in section 564 of this title, file his objections thereto, or to any particular item thereof, specifying the particulars of his objection. No creditor shall be allowed to object to such account whose claim has been satisfied as allowed by the executor or administrator or established by judgment.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 566 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 566. Allowance or disallowance of final account

 Upon the hearing referred to in section 564 of this title, the court shall give a decree allowing or disallowing the final account, either in whole or in part, as may be just and right. The decree in any other action or proceeding between the parties interested or their representatives is primary evidence of the correctness of the account as thereby allowed and settled.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 567 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 567. Liability of executor or administrator

 (a) An executor or administrator is chargeable in his account with all the property of the estate which may come into his possession at the value of the appraisement contained in the inventory, except as in this chapter otherwise provided. (b) An executor or administrator shall not make profit by the increase in value of the property of the estate or suffer loss for the decrease in value or the destruction thereof without his fault. If any of the property of the estate sells for more than its appraised value he shall account for the excess, and if any such property sells for less than its appraised value he shall not be responsible for the loss, unless occasioned by his fault. He shall not be accountable for the debts due the estate if it appears that they remain uncollected without his fault. He shall not purchase any claim against the estate which he represents, and if he satisfies any such claim for less than its nominal value he is only entitled to charge in his account the sum actually paid.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 568 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 568. Expenses of executor

 An executor or administrator shall be allowed in the settlement of his account, all necessary expenses incurred in the care, management, and settlement of the estate, including reasonable attorney's fees in any necessary litigation or matter requiring legal advice or counsel.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 569 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 569. Compensation of executors and administrators

 (a) Executors and administrators shall be allowed such compensation for their services as the court considers just, except that, when the deceased by his will, has made special provision for the compensation of his executor, such executor is not entitled to any other compensation for his services unless he shall within ten days after his appointment subscribe and file with the court a written declaration renouncing the compensation provided by the will. (b) Notwithstanding a provision in the will for the compensation of an executor, if the estate is insufficient to satisfy the claims against it, the court shall reduce such compensation, so far as may be necessary to satisfy such claims, to an amount equal to that which the executor would have been entitled to if no such provision had been made.
V.I. Code tit. 15, § 570 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 15 - Decedents' Estates and Fiduciary Relations|Part II - Administration of Estates|Chapter 27 - Accounts of Executors and Administrators|§ 570. Compounding of debts

 Whenever a debtor of a deceased person is unable to pay all his debts, an executor or administrator, by an order of the court, may compound with him and give him a discharge upon receiving a full and just proportion of his effects. If such compounding is procured or produced by the fraudulent representations or conduct of the debtor, such payment shall only operate to discharge a like amount of the debt.