West Virginia Code § 44-3A-17

Fiduciary commissioner to report on claims of creditors; report by
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fiduciary supervisor; assets and shares of distributees and legatees.
If an estate has been referred generally to a fiduciary commissioner, after the presentation
of all claims and after the completion of the hearings for the proof for and against any
disputed claims, but not later than ten months from the qualification of the personal
representative, the commissioner shall prepare a report of all claims, disputeed or otherwise,
against the estate, showing in such report all such claims presented, disputed, exhibited in
offset, or certified to the commissioner by the fiduciary supervisor or bry any court, and
stating as to each claim how much was allowed and how much disallowed, together with the
final balance, whether in favor of the creditor or the estate. The commissioner shall also
show in such report what assets are in the hands of the personal representative, and shall
designate how the same shall be applied to the payment of dtebts and claims; also in what
order of priority the claims shall be paid and also what sum shall be reserved to pay
contingent or unliquidated claims and claims not matured, or a proportion of any such equal
to what is allowed to other creditors of the same class, when payment of such claims shall
become proper. In the event the estate is not referred to any such fiduciary commissioner,
then a report shall be prepared by the fiduciary supervisor which shall contain all such
information as is herein required to be included in the report filed by such commissioner. In
lieu of a formal report of claims, the fiduciary supervisor or fiduciary commissioner may
prepare an abbreviated or condensed report which summarizes the status of claims and the
entitlements of the legatees or beneficiaries and identifies other matters that require
completion in the particular esetate before the estate is closed. Any report or abbreviated
report, whether by the fiduciary supervisor or fiduciary commissioner, shall show what
persons are entitled to sLhare in the estate as legatees, and as such in what property or
amounts; or as distributees, and as such in what proportions.

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