Section 26-5-39 Proceedings upon failure of conservator or personal representative to appear and file accounts and vouchers on appointed day.
Section 26-5-39
Proceedings upon failure of conservator or personal representative to appear and file accounts and vouchers on appointed day.
If such conservator or personal representative fails to appear and file his or her accounts and vouchers for settlement, any person having an interest may appear and contest such account and the court must hear and determine such contest and, whether such contest be made or not, must render a decree on such account which has the force and effect of a decree rendered on a voluntary settlement by such conservator or personal representative.
(Code 1886, §2476; Code 1896, §2361; Code 1907, §4451; Code 1923, §8224; Code 1940, T. 21, §154; Acts 1987, No. 87-590, p. 975, §2-333(b).)