30-2-602 - Citation to appear and settle Punishment for disobedience.
30-2-602. Citation to appear and settle Punishment for disobedience.
If any personal representative fails to settle the accounts as prescribed in § 30-2-601, the clerk shall cite the personal representative to appear and settle on a given day, to be specified in the citation, and if the personal representative disobeys the citation, the citation being duly returned, with service endorsed on it, or endorsement to the effect that the personal representative avoids service, that disobedience or avoiding of service shall be a contempt of court, and punishable as such. At the clerk's discretion, any citation issued for the appearance of a personal representative pursuant to this section may be served by sending such citation by certified mail with return receipt to the personal representative's last known address.
[Code 1858, § 2297 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 215, § 6); Shan., § 4033; Code 1932, § 8246; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 30-1103; Acts 1989, ch. 395, § 13.]