865.19 Limitations on actions and proceedings against distributees. (1) Unless previously adjudicated in a formal testacy proceeding or otherwise barred, the claim of any claimant to recover from a distributee who is liable to pay the claim, and the right of any heir or devisee, or of a successor personal representative acting in their behalf, to recover property improperly distributed or the value thereof from any distributee is forever barred at the later of:(a) Three years after the decedent’s death; or(b) One year after the time of distribution thereof.(2) This section does not bar an action to recover property or value received as the result of fraud or an action by a creditor where notice was not given under s. 859.07.History: 1973 c. 39.
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