Miss. Code § 91-7-143

Current through 4/8/2024
Section 91-7-143 - Minor distributee or legatee maintained

An executor or administrator of a solvent estate may defray the necessary and reasonable expenses of the maintenance and education of legatees or distributees who are minors and have no guardian, and may be allowed a credit therefor against the shares of the estate to which such minors are entitled on distribution. Before making such expenditures, he shall obtain the order of the court, or of the chancellor in vacation, authorizing him to make them.

Miss. Code § 91-7-143

Codes, 1880, § 2094; 1892, § 1954; 1906, § 2128; Hemingway's 1917, § 1796; 1930, § 1668; 1942, § 565.