PART 7. 
DUTIES AND POWERS OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES



 



§560:3-701  Time of accrual of duties and
powers.  The duties and powers of a personal representative commence upon
appointment.  The powers of a personal representative relate back in time to
give acts by the person appointed which are beneficial to the estate occurring
prior to the person's appointment the same effect as those occurring
thereafter.  Prior to the person's appointment, a person named executor in a
will may carry out written instructions of the decedent relating to the
decedent's body, funeral, and burial arrangements.  A personal representative
may ratify and accept acts on behalf of the estate done by others where the
acts would have been proper for a personal representative. [L 1996, c 288, pt
of §1]