If a personal representative shall present a claim which he or she had against the decedent in his or her lifetime, the probate court shall examine and determine the claim. If there is a co-executor or co-administrator, he or she may be permitted to represent the estate at the hearing in the discretion of the probate court; otherwise, the probate court may appoint some disinterested person to represent the estate.
History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 890; G.L. 1909, ch. 314, § 10; G.L. 1923, ch. 365, § 10; G.L. 1938, ch. 578, § 10; G.L. 1956, § 33-11-8; P.L. 2008, ch. 307, § 2.