Status of Judgments Against Estates

A judgment against a personal representative, upon any claim for money, against the estate of the personal representative's decedent, when it becomes final, conclusively establishes the validity of the claim for the amount of the judgment; and the judgment must be that the personal COL120106 CH. 25 PRESENTATION AND PAYMENT OF CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE representative pay, in due course of administration, the amount ascertained to be due. A certified transcript of the original docket of the judgment, if there is one, otherwise an abstract of the judgment must be filed in the administration proceedings. No execution shall issue upon the judgment, nor shall it create any lien upon the property of the estate, or give the judgment creditor any priority of payment.