91-7-321 - Custodian appointed for distributive share.
§ 91-7-321. Custodian appointed for distributive share.
If any person entitled, under a decree of the chancery court, to a distributive share of an estate, or any other funds under the control of the court, shall not apply for it within six months after the decree of the court adjudicating his right thereto, a custodian of such share or interest may be appointed by the court, or the chancellor in vacation, without notice to any one. The court may make such order for the safekeeping or secure investment of the fund as may be proper.
Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2074; 1892, § 1959; 1906, § 2135; Hemingway's 1917, § 1803; 1930, § 1750; 1942, § 652.