The creditor claim period of 4 months14 V.S.A. §§ 1201-1207Verified Sep 15, 2026View source runs from the first publication of the creditor notice, which follows the executor's appointment. A claim not presented in time is barred. Every claim is barred 12 months14 V.S.A. §§ 1201-1207Verified Sep 15, 2026View source after the date of death, whether or not notice was given.

Within 60 days14 V.S.A. §§ 1051-1053Verified Sep 15, 2026View source of the personal representative's appointment.

The personal representative settles the estate by filing a final account (Summary of Account, Form 700-00056PE) for the Probate Division's approval under 14 V.S.A. §§ 1055 and 1721; after the court approves the final account and the Department of Taxes provides a notice of clearance, the court decrees distribution of the remaining estate (14 V.S.A. § 1721(a)(3)) and discharges the personal representative on the Order of Approval and Discharge entered on the Fiduciary's Closing Report (Form 700-00152)14 V.S.A. §§ 1055, 1057, 1066, 1069, 1721, 1851-1854; 32 V.S.A. § 7454Verified Sep 15, 2026View source.

A person named as executor who will not serve declines the appointment before anyone is appointed; the instrument is a written renunciation filed with the courtPE25, Executor's Refusal of Appointment (02/2015)Verified Sep 23, 2026View source.