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§58-1.


§58-1.
   
   A. The district court has probate jurisdiction, and the judge thereof
   power, which must be exercised in the cases and in the manner
   prescribed by statute:
   
   1. To open and receive proof of last wills and testaments, and to
   admit them to proof and to revoke the probate thereof, and to allow
   and record foreign wills;
   
   2. To grant letters testamentary, of administration and of
   guardianship, and to revoke the same;
   
   3. To appoint appraisers of estates of deceased persons and of minors
   and incapacitated persons;
   
   4. To compel personal representatives and guardians to render
   accounts;
   
   5. To order the sale of property of estates, or belonging to minors or
   to incapacitated persons;
   
   6. To order the payments of debts from estates or guardianships;
   
   7. To order and regulate all distribution of property or estates of
   deceased persons;
   
   8. To compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of title
   deeds, papers, and other property of an estate, or of a minor, or
   incapacitated persons;
   
   9. To exercise all the powers conferred by this chapter or by other
   law;
   
   10. To make such orders as may be necessary to the exercise of the
   powers conferred upon it; and
   
   11. To appoint and remove guardians for infants, and for persons
   insane or who are otherwise incapacitated persons; to compel payment
   and delivery by them of money or property belonging to their wards, to
   control their conduct and settle their accounts.
   
   B. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the
   administration of any estate is granted jurisdiction and venue to
   cause Oklahoma and federal estate taxes to be equitably apportioned
   and collected.
   
   C. The district court which has jurisdiction and venue of the
   administration of any estate is granted unlimited concurrent
   jurisdiction and venue to hear and determine:
   
   1. In whom the title to any property is vested, whether the property
   is real, personal, tangible, intangible, or any combination thereof;
   
   2. Rights with respect to such property as to all persons and
   entities; and
   
   3. Whether or not such property is subject to the jurisdiction of the
   court in the decedent's estate.
   
   D. For proceedings under subsection C of this section, service of
   notice and process shall be required as in other cases and the
   provisions of the Oklahoma Pleading Code, Section 2001 et seq. of
   Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, shall be followed.
   

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