§ 12-1.3 Extent of liability; judgment debtor's right to indemnity and

contribution

(a) Although subject, under paragraph (a) of 12-1.1, to a judgment in
the full amount of the value of any property received by him, which may
exceed his ratable obligation as described herein, the maximum liability
to which a distributee or testamentary beneficiary is subject under this
article is his ratable obligation, in the proportion that the value of
the decedent's property passing to him bears to the value of all such
property passing to distributees or beneficiaries, as the case may be,
within the same order of liability as his under paragraph (a) of 12-1.2.

(b) Any person against whom a judgment is obtained under this article,
upon payment thereof, is entitled:

(1) To be indemnified by any person prior to liability to him under
paragraph (a) of 12-1.2, who remains liable under this article but
against whom recovery was not available for a reason set forth in
subparagraph (b) (2) of 12-1.1.

(2) To contribution, for any sum paid in excess of his ratable
obligation as described in paragraph (a), from any person within the
same order of liability as his under paragraph (a) of 12-1.2, but only
to the extent that such person's ratable obligation is unpaid.