Collation

Legal Definition of Collation

collation: To collate is to bring back or to return to the hereditary mass, in fact or by fiction, property which came from the estate of the decedent, during his lifetime, but which the law considers as an adverse from the inheritance.  It is the act by virtue of which, the persons who concur in the inheritance bring back to the common hereditary mass the property which they have received from him, so that a division may be effected according to law and the will of the testator.

What are the important periods to remember

1 month or less before making a will	Testator, if publicly known to be insane, burden of proof is on the one claiming validity of the will
20 years	Maximum period testator can prohibit alienation of dispositions
5 years from delivery to the State	To claim property escheated to the State
1 month	To report knowledge of violent death of decedent lest he be considered unworthy
5 years from the time disqualified person took possession	Action for declaration of incapacity & for recovery of the inheritance, devise or legacy
30 days from issuance of order of distribution	Must signify acceptance/repudiation otherwise, deemed accepted
1 month form written notice of sale	Right to repurchase hereditary rights sold to a stranger by a co-heir
10 years	To enforce warranty of title/quality of property adjudicated to co-heir from the time right of action accrues
5 years from partition	To enforce warranty of solvency of debtor of the estate at the time partition is made
4 years form partition	Action for rescission of partition on account of lesion