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<section article="get" article_name="Estates and Trusts" number="8-107" title_number="8" title_name="Claims of Creditors" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a personal representative intends to disallow, in whole or in part, a claim that has been presented within the appropriate time and in the form prescribed in § 8–104(b) or (c) of this subtitle, the personal representative shall mail notice to each claimant stating:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>That the claim has been disallowed in whole or in a stated amount; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>That the personal representative will petition the court to determine whether the claim should be allowed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the claim is disallowed in whole or in a stated amount, the claimant is forever barred to the extent of the disallowance unless the claimant files a petition for allowance in the court or commences an action against the personal representative or against one or more of the persons to whom property has been distributed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The action shall be commenced within 60 days after the mailing of notice by the personal representative.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The notice shall warn the claimant concerning the time limitation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If no action is taken by the personal representative disallowing a claim in whole or in part under subsection (a) of this section, on the petition of the personal representative or a claimant, the court shall allow or disallow in whole or in part a claim or claims presented to the personal representative or filed with the register in due time and not barred by subsection (a) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Notice in this proceeding shall be given to the claimant, the personal representative, and interested persons as the court directs by order entered at the time the proceeding is commenced.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A judgment in an action against a personal representative to enforce a claim against the estate of a decedent is an allowance of the claim.</text>
  </level>
</section>
