Vermont Statutes Annotated

Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 1210 (2026)

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(Cite as: 14 V.S.A. § 1210)

§ 1210. Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims

(a) If a claim that will become due at a future time or a contingent or unliquidated claim becomes due or certain before the distribution of the estate, and if the claim has been allowed or established by a proceeding, it is paid in the same manner as presently due and absolute claims of the same class.

(b) In other cases the executor or administrator, or, on motion of the executor or administrator or the claimant, in a proceeding for the purpose, the Probate Division of the Superior Court, may provide for payment as follows:

(1) If the claimant consents, he or she may be paid the present or agreed value of the claim, taking any uncertainty into account.

(2) Arrangement for future payment, or possible payment, on the happening of the contingency or on liquidation may be made by creating a trust, giving a mortgage, obtaining a bond or security from a distributee, or otherwise. (Added 1975, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; amended 1985, No. 144 (Adj. Sess.), § 63; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 238a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2018 · leading case: Jeffrey D. Hayes & Deborah Hayes McGraw v. Mountain View Estates Homeowners Ass'n, 188 A.3d 678 (Vt. 2018).

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Jeffrey D. Hayes & Deborah Hayes McGraw v. Mountain View Estates Homeowners Ass'n, 188 A.3d 678 (Vt. 2018). · cites it 2× “As discussed above, the court concluded that there was an oral contract between the Hayeses and the homeowners in which the Hayeses agreed to maintain the roads, water system, and sewer system at their own expense until the infrastructure was dedicated to and accepted by the…”

Hayes & Hayes-McGraw v. Town of Manchester Water & Sewer Boards & Mountain View Estates Homeowners Ass'n, 2014 VT 126 (Vt. 2014). · cites it 3× “14 V.S.A. § 1210. The plain purpose of the provision is to provide security to a claimant who has a contingent claim, or other claim that may or will mature in the future against an estate.”

— Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 14, § 1210(b)(2) — 2 cases

Jeffrey D. Hayes & Deborah Hayes McGraw v. Mountain View Estates Homeowners Ass'n, 188 A.3d 678 (Vt. 2018). “As discussed above, the court concluded that there was an oral contract between the Hayeses and the homeowners in which the Hayeses agreed to maintain the roads, water system, and sewer system at their own expense until the infrastructure was dedicated to and accepted by the…”

Hayes & Hayes-McGraw v. Town of Manchester Water & Sewer Boards & Mountain View Estates Homeowners Ass'n, 2014 VT 126 (Vt. 2014). “14 V.S.A. § 1210. The plain purpose of the provision is to provide security to a claimant who has a contingent claim, or other claim that may or will mature in the future against an estate.”

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