Provision for payment of undetermined claims and debts not yet due If any claim remains undetermined at the making of the decree or any d... · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 1916. Provision for payment of undetermined claims and debts not yet
due
If any claim remains undetermined at the making of the decree or any debt is not yet due and the person holding it does not consent to its present payment, the decree shall direct that sufficient funds be retained by the fiduciary to meet the claim or demand when determined or when payable and provide for the distribution of any surplus of the amount so retained.
If a claim is undecided or a debt is not yet due and present payment is refused, the decree must retain enough funds to pay it later and provide for distribution of any surplus. ★
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 1 — The Surrogate's Court in Plain English; Volume 2 — The Surrogate's Court Procedure Act; Volume 5 — Your Career: Surrogate's Court in Plain English.