Section 45-3-718 - Powers of surviving personal representative

Unless the terms of the will otherwise provide, when one or more of several personal representatives fails or refuses to qualify as a personal representative or when one or more of several personal representatives, after appointment, dies, becomes disabled or is removed, the remaining personal representatives shall proceed to administer the estate and have all powers vested in all the personal representatives incident to the office. History: 1953 Comp., § 32A-3-718, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 257, § 3-718. ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 34 C.J.S. Executors and Administrators § 1047.