§ 28A-23-5. Reopening administration. - North Carolina Statutes

§28A‑23‑5.  Reopening administration.

If, after an estate has beensettled and the personal representative discharged, other property of theestate shall be discovered, or if it shall appear that any necessary actremains unperformed on the part of the personal representative, or for anyother proper cause, the clerk of superior court, upon the petition of anyperson interested in the estate and without notice or upon such notice as hemay direct, may order that said estate be reopened. He may reappoint thepersonal representative or appoint another personal representative toadminister such property or perform such acts as may be deemed necessary. Unless the clerk of superior court shall otherwise order, the provisions ofthis Chapter as to an original administration shall apply to the proceedingshad in the reopened administration; but no claim which is already barred can beasserted in the reopened administration. (1973, c. 1329, s. 3.)