Fill and Sign the Petition to Open an Estate in Probatevtlawhelporg Form

STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT Unit PROBATE DIVISION Docket No. In re ESTATE of: PETITION TO OPEN SMALL ESTATE 14 V.S.A. Ch. 81 __________________________________ was a resident of ______________________________________ Decedent Town/State and died on ________________________ leaving personal property valued at $10,000 or less and no real estate. Decedent is survived by (check all that apply): Decedent left: ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Surviving Spouse ☐ Parents ☐ Children (natural or adopted) no known Last Will and Testament OR Last Will and Testament dated _______________________ Codicil(s) to the Will, if any, dated ____________________ Attached are: 1. Entry fee; checks or money orders payable to Vermont Superior Court 2. Certified copy of the death certificate 3. List of Interested Persons (form 700-00002) 4. ORIGINAL Will and any Codicils (if any) 5. Notarized inventory of assets at cash value as of the date of death (form 700-00030) 6. Copy of paid funeral bill (or bond as required by the Court). Petitioner requests a small estate be opened and the following named person be appointed to administer the estate: _______________________________________________________________________ Proposed Executor/Administrator _______________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address _______________________________________________________________________ Telephone/Email ☐ This is the person named as executor in the Will. ACCEPTANCE OF APPOINTMENT I accept the appointment as Executor/Administrator and ask that the appointment documents be issued to me at the address above. _______________________________ Date 700-00001SM – Petition to Open Small Estate (05/2018) ______________________________________________ Signature of Executor/Administrator Page 1 of 2 CONSENT OF INTERESTED PERSONS We, the heirs at law of the decedent, consent to the Allowance of the Will, if any, the Petition to Open Decedent’s Estate and the appointment of the above as Executor/Administrator. I acknowledge I have been served with the Petition to Open Decedent’s Estate in the above entitled action, including all papers referred to in the Petition. I waive the right to object to any action of the Court, regarding the Petition referred to above, and I waive the requirements for a Hearing regarding such Petition. Unless all heirs consent to the allowance of the Will, if any, and the appointment of the above names as Executor/Administrator, the Court will hold a hearing. Signature _________________________________ Print Name _________________________ Date _____________________ _________________________________ _________________________ _____________________ _________________________________ _________________________ _____________________ _________________________________ _________________________ _____________________ _________________________________ _________________________ _____________________ _________________________________ _________________________ _____________________ _________________________________ _________________________ _____________________ Petitioner’s signature must be notarized. _______________________________________ Date ______________________________________________ Signature of Petitioner – IF NOT EXECUTOR .ADMINISTRATOR NAME ABOVE _________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________ Mailing Address Telephone/Email Signed and sworn to before me: Date Signature of Notary Public 700-00001SM – Petition to Open Small Estate (05/2018) Expiration Date Page 2 of 2