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33	28		ENGROSSED HOUSE
34	29		BILL NO. 1743 By: Harris and Moore of the
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45	40		An Act relating to probate procedure; amending 58
46	41		O.S. 2021, Section 246, which relates to petitions
47	42		for summary administration; changing time requirement
48	43		for filing combined notices; and declaring an
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55	50		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
56	51		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 58 O.S. 2021, Section 246, is
57	52		amended to read as follows:
58	53		Section 246. A. Upon the filing of the petition and combined
59	54		notice, the court shall dispense with the regular estate proceedings
60	55		prescribed by law and the court shall order notice to creditors and
61	56		issue an order granting final hearing upon the petition for
62	57		admission of the will, if any , to probate, the petition for summary
63	58		administration, the final accounting, and the petition for
64	59		determination of heirship, distribution and discharge. However,
65	60		nothing in this section shall affect the lien upon any property for
	61	+	any estate or transfer ta x which may be due upon the estate of the
	62	+	decedent.
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93		-	any estate or transfer tax which may be due upon the estate of the
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95	89		B. Notice to creditors and notice of hearing upon the petition
96	90		for summary administration and the final accounting, determination
97	91		of heirship, and distribution and discharge shall be combined into
98	92		one notice, referred to as a "combined notice". Combined notic e
99	93		shall be filed at the same time the petition for summary
100	94		administration is filed within five (5) days from the granting of
101	95		the order admitting the petition and order for combined notice . The
102	96		combined notice shall set forth the following:
103	97		1. The name, address, and date of death of the decedent;
104	98		2. The name and address of the petitioner;
105	99		3. Whether a will exists;
106	100		4. The name and address of the personal representative, if
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110	104		forth in the petition;
111	105		7. The date, time and place of the final hearing;
112	106		8. That the person receiving the notice or any interested party
113	107		may file objections to the petition at any time before the final
114	108		hearing and send a copy to the petitioner or that person will be
115	109		deemed to have waived any objections to the petition;
	110	+	9. That if an objection is filed before the hearing, the court
	111	+	will determine at the hearin g whether the will attached to the
	112	+	petition shall be admi tted to probate, whether summary proceedings
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143		-	9. That if an objection is filed before the hearing, th e court
144		-	will determine at the hearing whether the will attached to the
145		-	petition shall be admi tted to probate, whether summary proceedings
146	139		are appropriate and, if so, whether the estate will be distributed
147	140		and to whom the estate will be distributed; and
148	141		10. The claim of any creditor will be barred unless the claim
149	142		is presented to the personal representative no more than thirty (30)
150	143		days following the granting of the order admitting the petition and
151	144		combined notice.
152	145		C. Within ten (10) days of the granting of the order admitting
153	146		the petition and combined notice, notice of the petition, notice to
154	147		creditors, and notice of final accounting, determination of
155	148		heirship, distribution and discharge shall be published once each
156	149		week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper that is authorized
157	150		by law to publish legal notices and that is published in the county
158	151		where the petition is filed. If no newspaper authorized by law to
159	152		publish legal notices is published in the county, the notice shall
160	153		be posted in three public places in the county, one of which shall
161	154		be the county courthouse. Within ten (10) days of the granting of
162	155		the order admitting the petition and combined notice, the combined
163	156		notice shall be mailed to creditors of the decedent as provided in
164	157		Sections 331 and 331.1 of this title. Within ten (10) days of the
165	158		granting of the order admitting the petition and combined notice,
	159	+	the combined notice shall be mailed to all persons interested in the
	160	+	estate of the decedent at their respective last -known addresses.
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193		-	the combined notice shall be mailed to all persons interested in the
194		-	estate of the decedent at their respective last -known addresses.
195	187		D. The matter shall be set for final hearing not less than
196	188		forty-five (45) days following the granting of the order admitting
197	189		the petition and combined notice.
198	190		E. If there is a defect in notice or in the form of the
199	191		petition or if objections are filed, or for other good cause shown,
200	192		the hearing may be postponed to a date certain.
201	193		SECTION 2. It being immediately necessary for the preservation
202	194		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
203	195		declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
204	196		be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
205		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY
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