Section 11623 Of Article 2. Preliminary Distribution From California Probate Code >> Division 7. >> Part 10. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. (a) Notwithstanding Section 11601, if authority is granted
to administer the estate without court supervision under the
Independent Administration of Estates Act, Part 6 (commencing with
Section 10400):
(1) The personal representative may petition the court for an
order for preliminary distribution on notice as provided in Section
1220. Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1220, the court may
not dispense with notice unless the time for filing creditor claims
has expired.
(2) The aggregate of all property distributed under this section
shall not exceed 50 percent of the net value of the estate. For the
purpose of this subdivision, "net value of the estate" means the
excess of the value of the property in the estate, as determined by
all inventories and appraisals on file with the court, over the total
amount of all creditor claims and of all liens and encumbrances
recorded or known to the personal representative not included in a
creditor claim, excluding any estate tax lien occasioned by the
decedent's death.
(b) Nothing in this section limits the authority of the personal
representative to make preliminary distribution under other
provisions of this chapter, whether or not authority is granted to
administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates
Act, Part 6 (commencing with Section 10400).