14-3717. Co-representatives; when joint action
required
If two or more persons are appointed co-representatives and unless the will provides
otherwise, the concurrence of all is required on all acts connected with the
administration and distribution of the estate. This restriction does not apply when any
co-representative receives and receipts for property due the estate, when the concurrence
of all cannot readily be obtained in the time reasonably available for emergency action
necessary to preserve the estate, or when a co-representative has been delegated to act
for the others. Persons dealing with a co-representative if actually unaware that
another has been appointed to serve with him or if advised by the personal representative
with whom they deal that he has authority to act alone for any of the reasons mentioned
herein, are as fully protected as if the person with whom they dealt had been the sole
personal representative.
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