                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, CONSERVATOR, OR
COMMITTEE (§ 64.2-1417)

A judgment or decree against the personal representative of a decedent,
committee of a convict, or conservator of an incapacitated person as defined in
§ 64.2-2000 for a debt due from the decedent, convict, or incapacitated person
may, without taking an account of the transactions of the representative,
conservator, or committee, be entered to be paid out of the estate of the
decedent, convict, or incapacitated person in, or that shall come into, the
possession of the representative, conservator, or committee to be administered.
If the circuit court holds that the proceeding for the debt would not have been
brought if the fiduciary had prudently discharged his duty, the amount of the
judgment or decree for costs shall be paid out of the estate of the
representative, conservator, or committee.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5407; 1950, p. 356, § 26-6; 1997, c. 921; 2012, c. 614.