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Monday, July 21, 2014

18:26-7.6 Debt for claim of county welfare boards or State institutions

18:26-7.6 Debt for claim of county welfare boards or State institutions

   (a) A deduction is permitted in the case of a claim by a county welfare board or a State institution for money advanced to or on account of the care provided a decedent as an indigent person, provided that such claim is accompanied by the following data:

1. A letter signed by a representative of the welfare board or State institution stating the exact amount due from the decedent as of the date of death;

2. A supplemental affidavit of the executor, heir or administrator, as the case may be, stating whether or not he acknowledges the correctness of the amount of the claim and will pay the same in full out of the assets of the estate. If not, the supplemental affidavit should set forth the facts involved and if the matter has been settled, set forth the amount that has been paid or will be paid in settlement.

(b) An exception to the above is where the affidavit in which the claim is made is signed by a representative of the welfare board as executor, administrator, or otherwise, in which case no further investigation will be needed unless there is some other data in the record indicating that the amount claimed is possibly incorrect.

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