59-904. Same; subsequent claimants. - Kansas Statutes

59-904

Chapter 59.--PROBATE CODE Article 9.--ESTATES OF INTESTATES WITHOUT HEIRS

      59-904.   Same; subsequent claimants.If others later, but within ten (10) years after the appointment andqualification of the administrator, claim as heirs of any such decedent andare thereafter adjudged to be heirs of the decedent and entitled to thesaid estate or some part thereof, and the said estate or its proceeds orsome part thereof shall have been delivered or paid to those whose claimswere earlier adjudged, neither the state nor the secretary of revenue shallbe liable to such claimants for money previously paid to those adjudged tobe heirs of the decedent. Such later claimants whose claims were dulyestablished shall have a cause of action in the district court against theearlier claimants whose claims were established to determine the rights ofthe respective parties, subject to any prior determination of descent madepursuant to article 22 of chapter 59 of Kansas Statutes Annotated.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 180, § 74; L. 1973, ch. 231, §4; July 1.