Inderjit Kaur Puri v. Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa

OPINION

FRY, Judge.

{1} This case requires us to interpret NMSA 1978, Section 45-3-108(A)(4) (2011), which provides an exception to the Probate Code’s three-year time limit for opening a formal testacy or appointment proceeding under certain circumstances. Under this exception, a personal representative appointed more than three years after the decedent’s death has the right to possess estate assets only to the extent necessary to confirm title in those assets, and no claims, other than for administrative expenses, may be asserted against the estate. The district court permitted the initiation…