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Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)

Citation
Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
Parent Document
Ayers v. Landow, 666 A.2d 51 (1995)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
1995-10-02

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Ayers relied heavily on Gantt, supra, 558 A.2d at 1122-23. In Gantt, this court was called upon to construe D.C.Code § 20-903(a) (1981), which provided at that time that claims against a decedent's estate were barred "unless presented within 6 months after the date of the first publication of notice of the appointment of a personal representative." We held in Gantt that the quoted language "does not clearly state whether a claim may only be filed within the specified six-month period or may be filed earlier but no later than the end of that period." Id. at 1122. After considering the legislative history of § 20-903(a), we concluded that the legislature "focused only on a termination date for the filing of claims, not on a beginning date as well." Id. at 1123.