Nevada Revised Statutes (Last Updated: December 24, 2014) |
TITLE12 WILLS AND ESTATES OF DECEASED PERSONS |
CHAPTER132. General Provisions |
NRS132.185. “Interested person” defined.
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1. “Interested person” includes, without limitation, an heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, settlor, beneficiary and any other person having a property right in or claim against a trust estate or the estate of a decedent, including, without limitation, the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services in any case in which money is owed to the Department of Health and Human Services as a result of the payment of benefits for Medicaid. The term includes a person having priority for appointment as a personal representative and other fiduciaries representing interested persons. The meaning as it relates to particular persons must be determined according to the particular purposes of, and matter involved in, a proceeding.
2. The term does not include:
(a) After a will has been admitted to probate, an heir, child or spouse who is not a beneficiary of the will, except for purposes of NRS 133.110, 133.160 and 137.080.
(b) A person with regard to a motion, petition or proceeding that does not affect an interest of that person.
(c) A creditor whose claim has not been accepted by the personal representative if the enforcement of the claim of the creditor is barred under the provisions of chapter 11 or 147 of NRS or any other applicable statute of limitation.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2252; A 2007, 2395; 2011, 1435)