Settlement of accounts as prima facie evidence only. Except as provided by section 16-3111 , in actions: (1) for an accounting, by legatees or next to kin against personal representatives, or wards against their guardians; or (2) to subject the real estate of decedents to the payment of their debts, by creditors against personal representatives, or against heirs or devisees — a prior settlement of accounts in the Probate Court is only prima facie evidence as to the correctness of the accounts. (Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 598, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Sept. 6, 1980, D.C. Law 3-85, § 5(a), 27 DCR 2900; Apr. 30, 1988, D.C. Law 7-104, § 4(t), 35 DCR 147.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 16-3102. 1973 Ed., § 16-3102.
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