Deck 29: Personal Representative of the Estate

Question 1

What term describes a personal representative of an estate?

A) Administrator
B) Executor
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

What court in New York oversees estate settlement?

A) Court of Common Pleas
B) Surrogate
C) Appellate
D) Supreme

Answer 2

Surrogate

Question 3

What court in Pennsylvania oversees estate settlement?

A) Orphan's
B) Superior
C) Surrogate
D) Probate

Answer 3

Orphan's

Question 4

In what state does the Family and Probate Court settle estates?

A) California
B) New Jersey
C) Massachusetts
D) Georgia

Question 5

What does a fiduciary capacity mean?

A) Position of authority
B) Position of trust
C) Position of power
D) Position of control

Question 6

In states that adopted the Uniform Probate Code, how is a personal representative referred to?

A) Personal representative
B) Private representative
C) Fiduciary representative
D) Trusted representative

Question 7

What factor determines a title given to personal representatives of an estate?

A) Method by which they gained their position
B) Particular task that they perform
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Question 8

What term describes a decedent who died without a will?

A) Testate
B) Intestate
C) Imprudent
D) Non cum testamento annexo

Question 9

Who is appointed by the court to administer the estate of a decedent who died without a will?

A) Trustee
B) Garnishee
C) Administratrix
D) Custodian

Question 10

What is another name for an administrator of goods not administered?

A) Administrator de bonis non
B) Administrator d.b.n.
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Question 11

Under what circumstance is an administrator of goods not administered appointed?

A) Previously appointed administrator has died
B) Previously appointed administrator has resigned
C) Previously appointed administrator has been removed
D) All of the above

Question 12

What person is appointed by the court to administer a testate estate in which no executor is nominated?

A) Administrator cum testamento annexo
B) Administrator with the will annexed
C) Administrator c.t.a
D) All of the above

Question 13

What person is appointed by the court to take the place of a previously appointed executor?

A) Administrator w.w.a
B) Administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Question 14

What term in the UCC describes people appointed to succeed previously appointed personal representatives?

A) Successor personal representatives
B) Successor private representatives
C) Successor trusted representatives
D) Successor fiduciary representatives

Question 15

What is a task of a special administrator?

A) Handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time only
B) Take care of urgent affairs
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

Question 16

What official administers the estate of a person who died without a will?

A) General administrator
B) Public administrator
C) Communal administrator
D) Civic administrator

Question 17

Who undertakes the informal administration of a small estate?

A) Voluntary administrator
B) Private administrator
C) Charitable administrator
D) Benevolent administrator

Question 18

Who handles the affairs of a decedent in a foreign state?

A) Additional administrator
B) Supplemental administrator
C) Subsidiary administrator
D) Ancillary administrator

Question 19

Who is an executor de son tort?

A) John is an executor nominated in Clara's will
B) Mary is appointed by the court to protect Clara's estate assets
C) Dana is appointed by the court to handle Clara's affairs in a foreign state
D) Mike acts as an executor of Clara's estate without authority to do so

Question 20

What is a will contest?

A) Test determining the authenticity of the will
B) Lawsuit in which the estate has an interest
C) Lawsuit over the allowance or disallowance of a will
D) Gathering of the estate's heirs

Question 21

In different states, there are different names for the court that supervises estate settlement.

Question 22

Any trial court can oversee the task of settling a decedent's estate.

Question 23

Today, in Georgia, the Court of Ordinary has jurisdiction over probate proceedings.

Question 24

A law attempting to standardize laws relating to the affairs of decedents is called the Uniform Estate Settlement Code.

Question 25

There are different titles for personal representatives of estates.

Question 26

An administrator is a person appointed by the court to administer the estate of a decedent who died without a will.

Question 27

A public administrator is appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time.

Question 28

An easy method of settling small estates is the informal administration.

Question 29

Ancillary administration is necessary when a creditor wants to collect debts of a nonresident decedent.

Question 30

An administrator ad litem is appointed by the court to protect estate assets when the will is contested.

Question 31

An executor de son tort is liable for his or her actions.

Question 32

To handle the affairs of a decedent in a foreign state, the court will appoint an ancillary executor.

Question 33

An administrator is a person appointed by the court to act in a(n) ________ capacity.

Question 34

In California, the ________ Court supervises estate settlement.

Question 35

Some states have adopted the ________ Probate Code.

Question 36

A woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will is called a(n) ________.

Question 37

A person appointed by the court to administer a testate estate in which no executor is nominated is called an administrator with the ________ annexed.

Question 38

If a previously appointed administrator has died, the court will appoint an administrator of ________ not administered.

Question 39

A person appointed to take care of a decedent's affairs that are in need of immediate attention is called a(n) ________ administrator.

Question 40

An official administering the estate of a person who died intestate is called a(n) ________ administrator.

Question 41

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Administrator de bonis non

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 42

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Orphan's Court

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 43

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Executrix

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 44

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Voluntary administrator

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 45

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Fiduciary capacity

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 46

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Special administrator

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 47

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 48

Match the terms with their descriptions:

-Uniform Probate Code

A) Court in Pennsylvania that has jurisdiction over probate proceedings
B) Person appointed by the court to handle the affairs of an estate for a limited time
C) Person undertaking the informal administration of a small estate
D) Administrator of goods not administered
E) Administrator of goods not administered with the will annexed
F) Law designed to standardize and modernize laws relating to the affairs of decedents
G) Position of trust
H) Woman nominated in the will of a decedent to carry out the terms of the will

Question 49

Compare and contrast an executor with an administrator.

Question 50

Compare and contrast an administrator de bonis non and administrator with the will annexed.

Question 51

Compare and contrast ancillary administrator and administrator pendente lite.

Question 52

Rick is named in Caleb's will to be executor. Rick refused to perform this task, and the court appoints Sally. Sally had to resign, and the court appointed Esmeralda. Identify all possible names of these successor personal representatives.

Question 53

In May, Vera died testate in California, where she owned a strawberry farm. She also had rental property in Idaho and Nebraska. She left a major part of her estate to a local university, and Vera's husband contested her will. Also, before her death, Vera was a plaintiff in the suit pertaining to her share in the estate of her aunt. Explain what officials have to be appointed by the court to take care of Vera's estate.