*146OPINION

By the Court,

This appeal is from a summary judgment for the Bank of Nevada, administrator with will annexed of the estate of Joe Wesley Wells, and against Evelyn Wells, resulting from the latter’s action to recover a $64,000 alimony claim against the estate. The claim has never been rejected or allowed by the administrator as provided in NRS 147.110,1 but the district judge ruled that it was “deemed rejected” because of the administrator’s inaction and that it was barred by the claimant’s failure to file suit within the 30-day period specified in the special statute of limitations. NRS 147.130, subsection 1.2 We reverse, and we remand the case to the district court for a trial on the merits.

*1471. The Facts.

Joe Wesley Wells agreed in 1944 to pay Evelyn Wells alimony at the rate of $200 a month, which he did pay until his death in 1967. Within the 3-month period permitted by NRS 147.040,3 Evelyn filed in the estate proceedings a creditor’s claim based on future payments that Evelyn alleged might become due under the alimony support agreement. The claim has never been allowed or rejected by the administrator.4

In March 1970, Evelyn commenced this action in district court for recovery on the claim. The administrator answered and then moved for summary judgment on the grounds that (1) the claim was deemed rejected because the administrator had not acted upon it within 15 days after the time for filing creditor claims had expired, as provided in NRS 147.110, subsection 1, supra, and (2) the claim was barred because Evelyn failed to file her action in district court within 30 days after rejection, as prescribed in NRS 147.130, supra.

2. The 30-day Special Statute of Limitations.

The narrow issue presented for our consideration is whether nonaction by a personal representative in an estate proceeding is sufficient to trigger the running of the 30-day period in which a creditor must commence an action in the district court to recover on his claim. The administrator’s argument is predicated upon its interpretation of subsection 3 of NRS 147.110, supra: namely, that if the personal representative fails to act on the claim within the 15-day period, the claim “shall be deemed rejected,” and the failure to act triggers the running of the 30-day statute, even though the same subsection of the statute provides that the personal representative “may, nevertheless, allow the claim at any time before the filing of the final account.”

We do not agree with the respondent’s interpretation. The *148“deemed rejection” statute is directed primarily to the conduct of the estate’s personal representative, rather than to any duty on the part of the creditor.5 The statute merely provides that if the administrator or executor does not act on the claim within the 15-day period, the claim shall be deemed rejected and the creditor may, thereafter, commence an action to recover the claim in district court, provided it is not barred by the general statute of limitations. NRS 147.090.6 He need not, however, bring the action within 30 days. To rule otherwise would emasculate the notice provisions of NRS 147.130, supra, which specify that the 30-day special statute shall commence to run when the claim has been rejected by the personal representative and notice of the rejection has been given to the creditor.

Since the administrator has never rejected the claim, as prescribed by the statute, the order for summary judgment was improvidently granted. It is therefore reversed, and the case is remanded to the district court for trial.