§ 26-12.2. When inventory and settlement not required.

An inventory under § 26-12 or a settlement under § 26-17 shall not berequired of a personal representative who qualifies for the sole purpose ofbringing an action under § 8.01-50. However, if there be no survivingrelative designated as a beneficiary under § 8.01-53 and the court directsthat the funds recovered in such action be paid to the personalrepresentative for distribution according to law, such personalrepresentative shall file the inventory required in § 26-12 and the statementrequired under § 26-17.

(1966, c. 338.)