14-3936

14-3936. Limitations on actions and
proceedings against distributees

A. Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or in a proceeding
settling the accounts of a personal representative or otherwise barred, the claim of a
claimant, other than a creditor of the decedent, to recover from a distributee who is
liable to pay the claim, and the right of an heir or devisee or of a successor personal
representative acting in an heir's or devisee's behalf, to recover property improperly
distributed or its value from any distributee is forever barred at the later of three
years after the decedent's death or one year after the time of distribution.

B. All claims of the decedent's creditors against distributees are barred after the
limitations period for the presentation of claims of the decedent's creditors pursuant to
section 14-3803.

C. This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the
result of fraud.