Caputo v. Holt, Administratrix

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• after appointment of a personal representative, court approval is required to accomplish a binding compromise of such a claim
• absent court approval acquired in manner provided by law, release executed by first personal representative was not binding upon either successor personal representative or statutory beneficiaries
• absent court approval acquired in manner provided by law, release executed by first personal representative was not binding upon either successor personal representative or statutory beneficiaries
• “In light of that purpose, we construe the word ‘may’ as used in the second sentence of this statute to be mandatory”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).