Oregon Revised Statutes

Or. Rev. Stat. § 116.013 (2026)

Petition and order for partial distribution

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      116.013 Petition and order for partial distribution. Upon petition by the personal representative or other interested person, and after such notice and hearing as the court may prescribe, the court may order the personal representative to distribute, prior to final settlement and distribution, property of the estate to the person or persons who would be entitled to the property under the will or under intestate succession on final distribution, if the court finds that:

      (1) After the distribution sufficient assets will remain to pay support of spouse and children, expenses of administration, unpaid claims and all known unpaid creditors of the decedent or of the estate; and

      (2) The distribution may be made without loss to creditors or injury to the estate or to any interested person. [1969 c.591 §169; 1987 c.646 §1]

 

      116.015 [Repealed by 1969 c.591 §305]

 

      116.020 [Amended by 1957 c.352 §1; repealed by 1969 c.591 §305]

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1975–2017 · leading case: In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Harrington, 718 P.2d 725 (Or. 1986).
In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Harrington, 718 P.2d 725 (Or. 1986). · cites it 3× “Martinetto, made a partial distribution of money to a distributee without first securing an order of the Probate Court as required by ORS 116.013. The complaint charges the accused with violations of DR 1-102(A)(5) and (6) and DR 7-102(A)(8) in that “the Accused engaged in…”
In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Stauffer, 956 P.2d 967 (Or. 1998). “5 See ORS 116.013 (authorizing personal representative with approval of probate court to make partial distribution of estate property).”
Hobbs v. Harrington, 391 P.3d 915 (Or. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “ORS 116.013 relates to petitions for partial distribution and provides: “Upon petition by the personal representative or other interested person, and after such notice and hearing as the court may prescribe, the court may order the personal representative to distribute, prior to…”
Veberes v. Phillips, 542 P.2d 928 (Or. Ct. App. 1975). · cites it 2× “The statutes providing for a shift of that possession to heirs or devisees are ORS 116.013 to 116.043, providing for a decree of partial distribution before an estate is closed, and ORS 116.”
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