§ 2226. Rights of alleged decedent upon return\n If letters shall issue upon the estate of an alleged decedent and if\nthereafter the person alleged to be dead shall return he or she shall on\ndemand receive the property then in the hands of the fiduciary after\nreserve for any unpaid administration charges and shall have only the\nfurther rights to compel an accounting on the part of his or her\nfiduciary and to enforce the decree made thereon. His or her fiduciary\nshall not be liable for moneys or assets disbursed or delivered by him\nor her in good faith and the person alleged to be dead may not, upon his\nor her return, review any matter or recover any property embraced in any\naccount of his or her fiduciary which may have been finally settled by\ndecree entered prior to the date when his or her fiduciary shall have\nhad actual notice that he or she is still living.\n
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