3B:10-24.  Liability for acts of administration or distribution
A personal representative shall not be surcharged for acts of administration  or distribution if the conduct in question was authorized at the time.  Subject  to other obligations of administration, a probated will is authority to  administer and distribute the estate according to its terms.  An order of  appointment of a personal representative is authority to distribute apparently  intestate assets to the heirs of the decedent if, at the time of distribution,  the personal representative is not aware of a pending proceeding to probate a  will or to determine heirs, a proceeding to vacate an order entered in an  earlier proceeding to probate a will, a formal proceeding questioning his  appointment or fitness to continue. Nothing in this section affects the duty  of the personal representative to administer and distribute the estate in  accordance with the rights of claimants and others interested in the estate.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:10-24, eff. May 1, 1982.